Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress the Defence Equipment and Support Space delivery team has made on researching alternatives to global positioning systems.

The Ministry of Defence continues to use GPS, but to ensure resilience we will continue to investigate alternatives.

The Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Space Delivery Team continue to progress the research into alternative Global Positioning Systems. Initial investigative activity on Alternative Position, Navigation and Timing technologies has concluded, identifying a range of potential solutions for Defence use in the future.

The DE&S Space Delivery Team will further investigate the potential solutions, working closely with wider Government organisations that include the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.