Yasmin Qureshi – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Yasmin Qureshi on 2015-11-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans for UK personnel to train at or otherwise attend the new General Atomics unmanned aircraft business park being built in North Dakota.

Penny Mordaunt

A number of options are being developed to meet the training demand for UK Reaper aircrew in the coming years. It is anticipated that initial training for some UK student aircrew will be conducted under contract by General Atomics at their North Dakota facility.