Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans that the Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft will enter service with the RAF.

Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA) is a Research and Development R&D Technology Demonstrator programme that was not intended to enter operational service, but instead to demonstrate R&D advances in operationally relevant technologies.

A detailed review of the LANCA programme and other experimentation activities by the Royal Air Force has made substantial progress and gained significant value in understanding and harnessing a range of future uncrewed capability workstreams. This is now being taken forward by the RAF across the capability portfolio.