Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 112 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what assessment he has made of the level of challenge to the primacy of crewed aircraft.

The safety of aircrew and the survivability of crewed platforms remain paramount. The Strategic Defence Review sets a path for the next decade and beyond to transform Defence and make the UK stronger both at home and abroad. The Government endorses the Review's vision and accepts all 62 recommendations.

The implementation of the Review's recommendations is underway; this will be priority business and will be executed through a whole of UK Defence effort. Our Defence Investment Plan (DIP) which will be published in due course, will set out how we intend to deliver the Review's recommendations. The DIP will be affordable, consider infrastructure and people, alongside capabilities and enable flexibility to seize new technological opportunities maximising the benefits of defence spending to grow the UK economy.