§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what systems will take over the capabilities previously to be provided by the TRACER system. [76365]
§ Mr. Adam IngramThese capabilities—the Land Commander's Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) requirements—will be met principally by a combination of the WATCHKEEPER Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and manned ground reconnaissance. We expect the latter to be provided by the ISTAR variant of the Future Rapid Effect System (FRES). Arrangements have been put in place to utilise key technologies developed in the TRACER programme in new programmes such as FRES.