The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has launched a new competition seeking cutting-edge, early-stage science and technology ideas to advance the UK’s military use of autonomous and robotic systems across land, sea, and air environments. Run through UK Defence Innovation (UKDI), the Novel Autonomy and Robotics competition offers over £1 ...
Eight dual-use innovators from the NATO DIANA 2026 programme presented their technologies to defence leaders, industry and investors at a UK Demo Day hosted at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, underlining the pace at which allied innovation is being pushed toward operational adoption. Janus Allies, the UK Accelerator for ...
The milestone reflects sustained collaboration between OCCAR, ARTEC, KNDS, Rheinmetall and the NAD Group, with manufacturing spanning facilities in Telford and Stockport and a supply chain supporting hundreds of skilled jobs across the country. The UK’s Boxer programme has reached a landmark, with the 100th Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle delivered to ...
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, ...