Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on extending the range of radio frequency directed energy weapons.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has committed to developing and continuing to invest in UK Sovereign Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) technology, to provide cutting edge capability to the Armed Forces at pace.  Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon sare a new game-changing weapon that is under development for the UK's Armed Forces that uses radio waves to disable enemy electronics and take down multiple drones at once.

The advanced technology is being developed by a joint team from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), working with UK industry. The MOD has committed to developing Radio Frequency DEW into operational capability to meet real world threats. Thus far, the system has been tested against a range of targets, proving to be highly effective. The system will be able to effect targets up to 1km away, with further development taking place to extending the range.