The Army expects to complete the current phase of its Fifth Generation Land Force design work by the end of 2026, with further refinement and force testing continuing inside the wider Integrated Force Design process, according to an answer given in Parliament.
Ben Obese-Jecty, the Conservative member for Huntingdon, asked by when the work to define the Fifth Generation Land Force would be completed, following an answer given on 16 September.
Louise Sandher-Jones, the Minister for the Armed Forces, said: “The Army expects to complete the current phase of the 5th Generation Land Force design work by the end of 2026. Further refinement, consolidation and force testing will continue as part of Defence’s wider Integrated Force Design process. The 5th Generation Land Force remains the Army’s principal contribution to that work.”
In a separate answer, asked whether it would become policy to establish a mechanised infantry rifle company in the First Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, Luke Pollard said: “Decisions on future platform requirements at unit and sub-unit level are yet to be finalised. However, I can confirm that the 1st Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers has already received a Boxer Unit.”
The Fifth Generation Land Force is the Army’s description of what it intends to become, built around the recce strike concept of finding targets at range and killing them with long-range fires, with uncrewed systems and electronic warfare woven through the design instead of bolted on. It follows from the Strategic Defence Review’s conclusions about the twenty forty forty balance between crewed platforms, reusable uncrewed systems and single-use munitions.
Elsewhere the telegraph reports billions of pounds being removed from the army front line and boxer vehicles etc. Soon the only soldier left will be expected to use their own pushbike as a vehicle for war
Surely they’ll be going electric?