Rifles: Procurement

(asked on 10th April 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment the Department has made of the operational risks of replacing the SA80 service weapon without including modern optics within the scope of Project GRAYBURN.


Answered by
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 20th April 2026

Project GRAYBURN is in the Concept Phase during which the requirements for modern optics will be defined.

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