Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the estimated procurement time on Taskforce RAPSTONE compared to normal MOD procurement timescales.

The Defence Investment Plan has provisioned £400 million to the Land Lethality Pipeline, which includes a £50 million boost to the Army’s RAPSTONE rapid lethality programme over the next twelve months. This boost will enable Taskforce RAPSTONE to deliver important projects by drawing on the lessons learned from Ukraine to accelerate the fielding of new capabilities into the British Army.

Whilst procurement timelines vary, Taskforce RAPSTONE aims to deliver capabilities into the hands of the user as a Minimum Deployable Capability (MDC) within six to 12 months.