Watchkeeper WK450
(asked on 4th July 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Total Departmental Expenditure Limit is for Watchkeeper.
This question was answered on 12th July 2022
The current Total Departmental Expenditure Limit for Watchkeeper is £1096.5 million.
This includes:
Demonstration, Manufacture & Initial Support (DMIS) - £927 million
In Service Support (ISS) £147.6 million
Full Mission Simulator (FMS) - £21.9 million
The original approvals for award of the Watchkeeper DMIS contract in 2005 was £847 million. This was supported subsequently by approval of £131.2 million for a five year ISS contract and £21.9 million for FMS.