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Rifles: Procurement

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 27 January 2026UIN 106654

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he made of the potential benefits of including an upper receiver which can accommodate 6.5 Creedmoor as part of Project Grayburn.

Answered by Luke Pollard

Project GRAYBURN is currently in its concept phase. An important output of this phase will be the definition of user requirements, covering the full range of performance characteristics, including calibre and operating system.

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