{"value":{"id":1763045,"askingMemberId":4519,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-02-06T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-02-10T00:00:00","uin":"29529","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has a formal target date for the deployment of Project COOKSON.","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":483,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-02-14T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Project COOKSON is in the early stages of development and there is no firm target date for its deployment.</p><p>We are engaging with industry partners to understand what new capabilities may exist that would support our concept for a small, fast attack vessel equipped with modular payloads and capable of operating in challenging environments.</p><p>In order to inform the next stages of Project COOKSON, we held an industry Challenge Session in January and plan to launch a competitive procurement process in early 2025, for demonstrations in late 2025 or early 2026.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Unmanned Marine Systems","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1763045","method":"GET"}]}