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Debate on the Address: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Defence (23 Nov 2009)

Kim Howells: ...by, General Dutton is probably right. However, I am not convinced that life for al-Qaeda camp dwellers could not be made extremely dangerous and uncomfortable as a consequence of the attentions of unmanned Predator aircraft, attack helicopters, guided missiles and so on. The current wisdom is that NATO and ISAF should continue to build up troops, including British troops. General Dutton...

Written Answers — Defence: Unmanned Air Vehicles (9 Nov 2009)

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many unmanned aerial vehicles of each type are (a) in service and (b) operationally deployable.

Armed Forces: Future Defence Policy — Motion to Take Note (6 Nov 2009)

Lord Lee of Trafford: ...we could do together. Sooner or later the Treasuries of both countries will come to recognise that the pursuit of hugely expensive independent procurement programmes makes no sense. Perhaps the new world of unmanned aircraft will present a real co-operative opportunity. On co-operation with the USA, given the appalling casualties in Afghanistan from IEDs, my understanding is that the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Afghanistan (2 Nov 2009) has video

Bob Ainsworth: ...explosive devices against our forces. That is why this year we have deployed 200 specialist counter-IED troops, together with new equipment, including vehicles, and increased flying hours for unmanned aerial vehicles, to find and defuse mines, and IEDs and to identify and target the networks that produce them. Regionally, the activity of violent extremists in Pakistan is a threat to both...

[Mrs. Joan Humble in the Chair] (27 Oct 2009)

Quentin Davies: ...payload, so they are not very efficient in that role. The problem of using them in an intelligence scanning role is that they are nothing like as versatile and as sustainable in the air as the unmanned aerial vehicles. UAVs can stay much longer and their endurance, to use the technical phrase, is much greater. What we essentially want with such vehicles is endurance. They have to be in the...

Military Vehicles and Aircraft (27 Oct 2009)

Ann Winterton: ...be safer, more practical and cost-effective. What an asset such aircraft would be, operating as an integral part of the brigade reconnaissance force. There is no doubt about the future and benefit of unmanned aerial vehicles, but again we must not forget how much has been squandered on such projects as the Phoenix—is it millions or billions of pounds? There are so many noughts on the...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Armed Forces: Unmanned Aircraft (26 Oct 2009)

Lord Moonie: To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration has been given to equipping the Watchkeeper unmanned aircraft with lightweight munitions in addition to or in place of sensor packages.

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video See 3 other results from this debate

Michael Jack: ..., as the Eurofighter Typhoon sustains the technology base that is our aerospace industry. I was delighted when the Secretary of State talked about the deployment in the Afghanistan theatre of HERTI, an unmanned air reconnaissance vehicle. I am delighted that a piece of technology that was manufactured in short order using relatively simple aerospace technology but very advanced electronics...

Afghanistan and Pakistan — Statement (14 Oct 2009)

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: ...will pass on this experience to their successors, together with the equipment enhancements I announced on my recent visit and which are now coming on stream this month and next: increased flying hours for unmanned aerial vehicles—33 per cent for Hermes, 50 per cent for Desert Hawk and, next year, 80 per cent for Reaper; an extra £20 million contributing to a fourfold increase in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Afghanistan and Pakistan (14 Oct 2009) has video

Gordon Brown: ...to its successors, together with the equipment enhancements that I announced on my recent visit, and which will come on stream later this month and next to help them. That includes increased flying hours for unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance—a 33 per cent. increase for Hermes, 50 per cent. for Desert Hawk and next year 80 per cent. for Reaper. It also includes an extra...

China and the West (13 Oct 2009)

Jo Swinson: ...of the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China were well publicised. I share the concern expressed by both hon. Members about the fact that China chose to celebrate with cruise missiles, unmanned drones and nuclear missile carriers, because those are not what most people would think of as the main symbol of their country's pride. There is genuine concern about freedom of...

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Afghanistan (12 Oct 2009)

Gerald Howarth: To ask the Prime Minister what discussions he had with the Chief of the Defence Staff on the announcement he made in Afghanistan on additional personnel, unmanned aerial vehicles, the Warthog vehicle and Ridgeback vehicles.

Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (12 Oct 2009) See 1 other result from this answer

Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will commission research into post-traumatic stress in pilots of unmanned aerial vehicles operating in conflict areas in Afghanistan.

Written Answers — Defence: Royal Artillery Range Hebrides (12 Oct 2009)

Quentin Davies: We expect that the Hebrides Range will continue to provide an important service in support of the development, testing, evaluation and operation of missile systems, unmanned air vehicles and other weapons. Accommodation facilities at the range will also continue to be available to support training activities.

Written Answers — Defence: Unmanned Air Vehicles (12 Oct 2009)

Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the conclusions of research on the combat effectiveness of miniature unmanned aerial vehicles in conflict zones.

Written Answers — Defence: Unmanned Air Vehicles (16 Sep 2009)

Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what additional unmanned air systems his Department plans to purchase with funds from the Urgent Operational Requirement budget for 2009-10.

Written Answers — Defence: Unmanned Air Vehicles (9 Sep 2009)

Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) when he expects the final Reaper unmanned air system to be delivered; (2) when he expects the third Reaper unmanned air system to be cleared to fly in US airspace; (3) how many flight training hours have been purchased from the United States Air Force to train Royal Air Force crews on the Reaper unmanned air system; and what the cost was of...

Written Answers — Defence: Unmanned Air Vehicles (1 Sep 2009)

Ben Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what studies his Department has undertaken into the skill levels and qualifications required to fly unmanned aerial vehicles.

European Space Programme — Question (21 Jul 2009) See 2 other results from this debate

The Earl of Glasgow: ...through the help of the European Space Agency? Are the Government prepared to spend more of the space budget on exploration, which is more inspiring and glamorous, and less on the specialised unmanned satellite launches, on which most of the money is now spent? There is too much junk flying around the earth at the moment.

Bills Presented: Afghanistan and Pakistan (16 Jul 2009) has video

Bob Russell: ...to get our European allies on board more. We will not go into the matter of helicopters—we have had that debate—but I urge the Secretary of State for Defence to look into getting more unmanned aerial vehicles. I am absolutely convinced that if we deployed more of them, our troops would be able to see what is happening, and hopefully could deal with some ambushes before they...