Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure UK drone defence capabilities are interoperable with NATO systems and frameworks.

The Defence Uncrewed Design Authority (DUxDA) has delegated authority to fulfil the UK Head of Delegation role at NATO Joint Capability Groups for Uncrewed Systems. This role provides the UK a voice at the NATO Standardisation Agreement (STANAG) fora to influence the development of NATO Standards for Uncrewed Systems (UxS).

The DUxDA has also mapped out all the UK and NATO standards that are applicable to Uncrewed Systems and are developing recommendations that will identify and enforce specific standards are applied to all Uncrewed Systems development moving forward.