Global Combat Air Programme

(asked on 11th November 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of including directed energy weapons in the specification for the Global Combat Air Programme.


Answered by
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 19th November 2025

The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), has considered a wide range of existing and future weapon capabilities to meet the evolving threat.

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