Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the feasibility of replacing the Army’s formation reconnaissance capability via Project ASGARD.

Project ASGARD is not a replacement for the Army's formation reconnaissance capability; it enhances and improves it. It provides the digital backbone that links our reconnaissance and strike systems at machine speed. Formation reconnaissance remains essential: it finds enemy targets, and ASGARD uses that information to deliver rapid, integrated effects through a range of precision weapons.