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1524270

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Skynet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects Skynet 6A to enter service.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	66894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17 October 2022 to Question 58891 to the right hon. Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mr Mark Francois).</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/10/2022 15:41:40 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name UIN 58891.docx title Satellite Communications: Procurement
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1524707

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Skynet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what enhanced capability does Skynet 6A offer that Skynet 5 does not currently provide.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	67850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The primary purpose of SKYNET 6A is to extend and supplement the capability provided by the current SKYNET 5 constellation, prior to the delivery of a new generation of satellites being introduced from 2028 onwards, which will replace the extant ageing constellation.</p><p> </p><p>The design of SKYNET 6A is such that it will deliver a similar capability to that provided by SKYNET 5 spacecraft. However advances in technology will mean that the SKYNET 6A will deliver a higher level of Super High Frequency (SHF) capacity (compared to SKYNET 5 satellites), along with improvements to the security aspects of the spacecraft. SKYNET 6A is expected to be in-service for a minimum of 15 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/10/2022 15:43:24 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

540004

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Skynet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to upgrade the Skynet A5 satellite system.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
	uin	43348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>We currently have no plans to upgrade the specific SKYNET 5A satellite. The Ministry of Defence is currently examining options to sustain the capability currently provided by the Skynet constellation.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/07/2016 14:27:12 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1674543

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Skynet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for the UK to maintain full sovereign control of the Skynet satellite constellation into the future.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>SKYNET 6 is the UK MOD’s strategic highly assured and protected satellite communications (SATCOM) capability. The criticality of maintaining Freedom of Action and Operational Independence, and therefore ‘sovereign control’ of this national capability, has been a firm requirement and has been verified every year since programme inception. To meet all known threats and to provide assured positive Command and Control of UK Armed Forces and support to other Government departments necessitates an appropriate level of UK ‘ownership’, as defined in the Defence Space Strategy and the MOD’s Assured Capability framework. This is delivered by balancing UK-led activities with the use of allied networks and the global commercial market, where appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 14/12/2023 17:17:00 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead