Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government to turbocharge defence innovation, published on 3 March 2025, which defence firms he met with at RAF Waddington.

The following companies attended the Defence Industrial Strategy and Growth Roundtable at RAF Waddington on 28 February 2025:

• BAE Systems
• Babcock
• Rolls-Royce
• QinetiQ Group
• Leonardo UK
• MBDA UK
• Lockheed Martin UK
• Rheinmetall UK
• RTX UK
• Pearsons Engineering
• Atlas Elektronik UK
• Palantir
• Helsing
• Anduril
• Hadean
• Modini Limited
• 2iC
• Kinsetsu