The Minister for Defence People and Veterans Johnny Mercer gave a keynote speech outlining the MOD’s commitment to the armed forces community at Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2019. Here Defence Online presents the edited highlights… “The role of this office is to ensure this Government’s duty to the nation’s ...
The High Court has ruled in favour of the South Wales Police to allow the continued use of Automated Facial Recognition (AFR) – the controversial technology which enables mass crowd surveillance, in response to a judicial review held in May by local man, Ed Bridges. This comes as police forces across ...
Ministers from the Office for Veteran’s Affairs met with ex-armed forces personnel embarking in software careers at Salesforce. Defence Minister Johnny Mercer and Cabinet Minister Oliver Dowden visited veterans taking on software careers as part of a first engagement speaking to former service personnel transitioning to private-sector jobs. Salesforce is a ...
The Ministry of Defence has published the Defence Technology Framework (DTF) and Defence Innovation Priorities (DIP) to define how defence will face the accelerating pace of technological change in the years to come. The documents respond to the Modernising Defence Programme’s three central objectives: To mobilise to tackle today’s challenges; modernise to meet future ...