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Ukraine: Defence

Asked by Luke AkehurstLabourMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 21 July 2026UIN 18818

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to apply the Project Octopus model of manufacturing Ukrainian-designed systems in the UK to other capability areas, including electronic warfare and marine autonomy.

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones

Project OCTOPUS is our first collaborative capability project with Ukraine under Programme LYRA, which the Prime Minister and President Zelenskyy launched last June. Programme LYRA enables the bilateral exchange of battlefield technology and intellectual property between the UK and Ukraine, under which we will continue to collaborate with our Ukrainian partners to identify the most beneficial projects which support Ukraine's fight and stimulate industrial partnerships of mutual benefit.

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