Guided Weapons: Procurement

(asked on 9th March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral evidence given by the Minister for the Armed Forces to the Defence Select Committee on 8 March 2023 that a contract for new Starstreak missiles has been placed, how many missiles have been ordered; and when they will be delivered.


Answered by
Alex Chalk Portrait
Alex Chalk
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
This question was answered on 14th March 2023

In order to replenish the Starstreak High Velocity Missiles (HVM) Granted in Kind to Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence placed a contract with Thales on 30 Sept 2022 to supply a number of HVM from the remaining stock held by the company. These missiles are due for delivery in 2023. The number of missiles being supplied is operationally sensitive.

A further contract was placed with Thales on 21 December 2022 A further contract was placed with Thales on 21 December 2022 to commence work on development of a new version of the HVM.

Reticulating Splines