Ben Obese-Jecty

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

NATO: Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 117 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress he he made on building on UK membership of (a) minilateral groupings and (b) the Combined Space Operations initi

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 117 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress he has made on helping to shape the UK space market to support exports to (a) Europe, (b) Asia and (c) the Middl

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

ISTAR

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 117 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress he has made on seeking partners with which to develop the overhead, persistent intelligence, surveillance and re

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Navigation: Satellites

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on ensuring that defence requirements are r

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Satellite Communications

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 117 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of supplanting the SKYNET (a) 6A and (b) 6EC satellite communications prog

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 117 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress he has made on developing command and control at levels of classification above Secret to support UK freedom of

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 117 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress he has made on developing Space Domain Awareness.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 117 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress he has made on developing the resilience of UK military space systems.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Guided Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the risk to UK strategic capability from the global precision weapons of hostile nations.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Electronic Warfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 122 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what progress he has made on empowering each of the services to develop their own electromagnetic warfare capabilities.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 122 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what progress he has made on establishing a Spectrum Coordination Office.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 122 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what progress he has made on shaping the CyberEM domain to be led in a similar way to UK Space Command.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 120 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, how enterprise-wide operational defence priorities for activities in the cyber domain will be deconflicted with the National Cyber Force’s prioriti

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

National Cyber Force

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 121 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what rank commands the National Cyber Force.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Navy: Information Warfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 120 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what the future structure of the Royal Navy’s Information Warfare Group will be.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Electronic Warfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 120 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what the future structure of the Air and Space Warfare Centre will be.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Electronic Warfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 120 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what the future structure of the Army’s Cyber and Electromagnetic Effects Group will be.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 120 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what progress he has made on establishing a new CyberEM Command.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 120 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what progress he has made on fusing CyberEM activity in pursuit of (a) sovereign and (b) NATO operations.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 120 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what change is required within the CyberEM domain to achieve a tech-enabled Integrated Force.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 120 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, whether there are existing capability gaps within the development of the Digital Warfighter group.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 120 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what progress he has made on educating personnel on the risk of cyber-attack via Defence Digital.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

National Cyber Force

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 120 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what proportion of the National Cyber Force’s capability is dedicated to (a) defence and (b) other national security priorities.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) Royal Navy and (b) partner forces helicopters are able to use the Helicopter Visual Landing Aid System.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timeline is for the installation of the Helicopter Visual Landing Aid System across the batch 2 fleet.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 48 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what progress he has made on reviewing (a) storage and (b) other standards to remove regulations.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 48 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what progress he has made on revising the flying training arrangements for fast jets.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

RAF Brize Norton

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 48 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) investment and (b) improvement of RAF Brize Norton in partnership with private

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

A400M Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 47 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what progress he has made on augmenting the existing fleet of A400M with (a) more A400M, (b) civilian charter and (c) sponsored service op

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Type 26 Frigates: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 47 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, when will Protector be integrated with Type-26 frigates.