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Defence Equipment: Procurement

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 27 February 2026UIN 113932

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on delivering Support Weapons Enhanced Sighting Systems.

Answered by Luke Pollard

Over the past three years, the Support Weapons Enhanced Sighting Systems project has delivered a range of enhanced capabilities to the UK's Armed Forces which are now in service on systems including Heavy Machine Gun, Grenade Machine Gun, and General-Purpose Machine Gun. Further work is ongoing through a Surveillance and Target Acquisition framework to enable the wider rollout of capabilities across Front Line Command support weapon systems.

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