Watchkeeper WK450: Decommissioning

(asked on 3rd February 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the out of service date for Watchkeeper.


Answered by
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 9th February 2026

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 13 October 2025 to Question 77261 to the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Mr Obese-Jecty) which remains extant:

As announced by the Secretary of State in 2024, the Army’s Watchkeeper Mk 1 Uncrewed Aerial System is in the process of being retired from service with an Out of Service Date of March 2027.

https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-09-15/77261

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