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Ministers say a regulatory sandbox in the Regulating for Growth Bill would greatly help test uncrewed systems, as a review of the rules continues.
Funding has been set aside to replace the Royal Navy's Antarctic patrol ship, but the MOD says the procurement method is still undecided.
Luke Pollard confirmed the government's own tariff rise is adding to defence costs, in the one case where the state has imposed the increase on itself.
The Ministry of Defence and the Treasury gave conflicting public signals over the £1 billion New Medium Helicopter contract earlier this year, a select committee member has said.
New radar, communications, defensive aids and an upgraded helmet sight for 107 Typhoon jets are covered by the Defence Investment Plan's Typhoon spending, MPs have been told.
The Defence Investment Plan funds new Red Arrows aircraft and a modernised fast-jet training system, but numbers and dates remain undecided.
The Treasury Committee chair told Lucy Rigby it was "not credible" to deny a funding gap existed, after John Healey resigned over the same question.
The MOD has confirmed its Collaborative Combat Aircraft concept demonstrator will fly by 2030, built on GCAP technology and manufacturing techniques.
The British drone boat maker, whose vessels have been airdropped from an A400M this week, has closed a Series B backed by DTCP and the NATO fund.
The final panel has gone into a £166m accommodation project at Faslane, with the first submariner trainee blocks due online later this year.
