Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Transparency Notice 715870491-Procurement of General-Purpose Machine Gun L7A2 weapon systems (GPMG System) and associated ancillaries, published on 5 June 2026, what is the full specification of the L7A2 Mid-Life Improvement configuration; and how is it a different technical baseline than the previous configuration.

The recently published Voluntary Transparency Notice for the General-Purpose Machine Gun contract arrangement does not impact the planned Out of Service Date of 2035.

I am unable to provide details relating to the detailed technical specification of the L7A2 Mid-Life Improvement due to operational sensitivities.