Torpedoes: Procurement
(asked on 8th April 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has agreed a torpedo development road-map.
Answered by
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 11th April 2019
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given in the House of Lords by my right hon. Friend, the Minister of State for the Ministry of Defence (Earl Howe) on 26 February 2019 to Question HL13684 to the Noble Lord, Lord West of Spithead.
A submarine launched heavy-weight torpedo development roadmap is in place.
A roadmap for a replacement lightweight torpedo is subject to the decision on programme timing.