Guided Weapons: Procurement
(asked on 8th September 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) original and (b) current cost expectations for the FCASW programme.
This question was answered on 22nd September 2022
The Future Cruise Anti-Ship Weapon (FCASW) programme has been running under a joint UK-France Concept Phase and Assessment Phase since 2017. FCASW budget was approved at £409 million for the Concept Phase and Assessment Phase in 2021. Future cost expectations are dependent upon the choices to be made at the Full Business Case decision point and have not been finalised. The Assessment Phase is on track and progressing within its approved budget.