The shutdown of Anthropic, creators of Claude, provides a sobering reminder that the United States, the world leaders in frontier AI, can also decide who gets to use it. In the UK, the AI and online safety minister used the shutdown to argue that Britain must build its own AI, ...
Private capital investment flood into defence tech start-ups signals structural shift in how sovereign capability is being built and funded – with supply chain implications for established UK businesses. Venture capital investment in defence technology has reached $12.3 billion in the first half of 2026 alone, almost double the equivalent period ...
75 inward investment projects and 5,500 jobs created or protected in 2025-26 as £50 million defence deal cements Wales as emerging hub for autonomous defence capability. Wales attracted 75 foreign investment projects in 2025-26, its strongest performance since 2020-21, with direct investment creating over 1,500 new jobs and protecting thousands more ...
Oxfordshire SME demonstrates 900km-range autonomous effector to Secretary of State for Defence as programme moves towards Q4 scale-up. MGI Engineering has publicly showcased TigerShark, its high-speed long-range autonomous one-way effector, at a MOD industry event reviewing progress under Project Brakestop – the UK’s fast-track programme to develop and field sovereign deep-strike ...
July 10, 2026
Homeland - NATO Launches Call to Action to Increase Private Investment in Defence
The NATO Alliance has launched a new ‘Call to Action’ to global financial institutions, as they meet for the first
July 10, 2026
Homeland - New national security law gives Home Secretary sweeping powers against foreign state-backed groups
Landmark legislation targeting hostile state activity on UK soil has received Royal Assent, handing the Home Secretary counter-terrorism style powers
