HC Deb 14 December 1998 vol 322 c330W
Mr. Paul Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the current status of the PHOENIX programme. [64001]

Mr. Spellar

I am pleased to announce that the PHOENIX Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system has now entered service with the Army, following successful conversion training by both 32 and 39 Regiments Royal Artillery and use of the system in exercises, where it performed well. PHOENIX will provide an important new surveillance and target acquisition system for the British Army.