{"value":{"id":1865621,"askingMemberId":4519,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-12-17T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-01-05T00:00:00","uin":"100940","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Rapid £140 million boost for drone and counter-drone tech from newly-formed UK Defence Innovation, published on 15 December 2025, whether the new uncrewed helicopter is known as Proteus.","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4682,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-01-05T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The new uncrewed helicopter is part of the Royal Navy's move towards a future 'hybrid air wing' which includes Project PROTEUS. PROTEUS is a project funded by UK Defence Innovation for the development of a heavy-lift vertical take-off and landing uncrewed aerial system.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Uncrewed Systems: Helicopters","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1865621","method":"GET"}]}