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Rifles: Decommissioning

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 26 February 2026UIN 112713

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to dispose of the SA80 family of weapons after they are replaced by a new individual weapon via Project Grayburn.

Answered by Luke Pollard

Project GRAYBURN is currently in the concept phase with the aim of identifying and understanding requirements. As part of this phase, a disposal plan is under consideration. Due to the current phase of the project and commercial sensitivities, I am unable to provide further detail at this stage.

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