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Watchkeeper WK450: Components

Asked by John MilneLiberal DemocratDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 27 May 2026UIN 1402

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will conduct an investigation into whether Watchkeeper drone components are being exported from the UK to Israel to support drone exports to Romania.

Answered by Chris Bryant

Watchkeeper unmanned aerial system (UAS) components are licensed from the UK to Israel solely for the purpose of supporting onward export to a Romanian UAS programme.

The Department has published extensive information on our export licences to Israel. This is available here: Israel export control licensing data: 31 July 2025 - GOV.UK.

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