Ben Obese-Jecty

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of increasing the overall capability of the National Space Operations Centre.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Space Technology: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of establishing UK Space Command as an independent branch of the UK armed forces.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what independent capability the UK has to protect its own space assets and interests.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Space Technology: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from where does UK Space Command recruit space warfighters.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Space Technology: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training is provided to space warfighters in order to (a) monitor objects in orbit, (b) detect anomalies and (c) track potential threats.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Space Technology: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what direct offensive role is played by UK Space Command.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of RAF infrastructure is more than 50 years old.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Space: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of renegotiating the 1967 Outer Space Treaty to reflect current exploitation of the difference between (a) air and (b) space.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the outcome of Project Monet.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are his Department’s ethical principles for developing and deploying AI.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Space Technology: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of elevating space assets to a priority portfolio under the National Armaments Director.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

UK Defence and Security Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date will the Defence Exports Office be operational.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Unmanned Air Systems: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the result of the trial drone against drone engagement using the APKWS precision-guided rocket conducted by BAE Systems Falconworks unit.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghans housed in Service Families Accommodation under Operation Lazurite were brought to the UK under the Afghan Response Route.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ant Middleton

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date Ant Middleton was appointed by the Executive Council as the first Chief Cadet of the Volunteer Cadet Corps.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

ISTAR

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the composition is of the UK ISTAR Force.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what balance of (a) airmanship, (b) handling aptitude and (c) capacity his Department will use to stream pilots for Protector as opposed to fast-jet, rotary or multi-engine.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Protector MQ-9Bs have been procured for the Royal Air Force.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what manpower reduction Protector MQ-9B’s ATLC function creates by replacing the LRE capability of Reaper.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Unmanned Air Systems: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what date sufficient crews and familiarisation with the new Protector system will be achieved to allow Protector to be deployed.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from when will Protector be certified to operate in Class A to C airspace.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from what date RPAS will pilots be streamed for selection rather than recruited separately from crewed systems.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ajax Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ares vehicles will be required by an infantry platoon in the armoured role.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ajax Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the 8005 manning establishment for an infantry (a) platoon, (b) company and (c) battalion in the armoured role equipped with Ares.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Boxer Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the 8005 manning establishment for an infantry (a) platoon, (b) company and (c) battalion in the heavy mechanised role equipped with Boxer.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Weapons: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what integration opportunities across the Defence enterprise have been identified by the DE&S battlespace integration centre.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ballistic Missile Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress Defence Equipment and Support has made on modelling the key integration challenges associated with Homeland Integrated Air and Missile Defence.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Navigation: Satellites

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress the Defence Equipment and Support Space delivery team has made on researching alternatives to global positioning systems.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Ajax Vehicles and Boxer Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what doctrinal publication defines the British Army’s armoured infantry company group tactics.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Submarines: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the size of the budget contingency for the Dreadnought nuclear submarine programme is.