Unmanned Air Systems: Finance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK drone transformation to strengthen Armed Forces backed by more than £5 billion, published on 29 June 2026, how much of the £5 billion will be spent in each of the next four years.
Answered by Luke Pollard
The Defence Investment Plan is backed by a Ministry of Defence budget totalling £298 billion over the next four years and sets out over £180 billion of investment in the integrated force across all domains, including £5 billion on drones.
Individual annual settlements across domains, and the programmes and platform within them, will be subject to future planning cycles.
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