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Type 45 Destroyers: Defence Equipment

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 21 April 2026UIN 127179

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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 10 April 2926 to question 120448 on Type 45 Destroyers: Defence Equipment, on what date the first Type 45 destroyer will be fitted with Sea Ceptor CAMM.

Answered by Luke Pollard

The CAMM capability is being fitted to the Type 45 fleet under the Sea Viper CAMM programme, which will augment the existing Anti-Air Warfare capability of those platforms. Installation on the first vessel will be completed in late Summer 2026.

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