Ministry of Defence: ICT
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enhancing machine-speed (a) processing, (b) exploitation and (c) dissemination in order to rapidly transform raw sensor data into actionable intelligence.
Answered by Luke Pollard
The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) outlines the need for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to adopt automation and AI at scale, these capabilities are critical to the delivery of many of the SDR recommendations including the Digital Targeting Web. MOD exploits AI and Automation across the processing, exploitation, and dissemination process with continuous and robust assessments of the performance, reliability, and value of such capabilities. MOD will continue to integrate them in a safe and assured manner to enhance Intelligence and Targeting capability.
The MOD is continuing to invest in a unified Digital Backbone designed to connect any sensor, to any effector, and to any decision-maker in real time. This infrastructure underpins a new way of operating and fielding capability, enabling data exploitation at speed and scale. At the core of this transformation is the principle of making data Exploitable by Design, ensuring it is structured, high-quality, and ready for consumption by humans, machines, and AI systems.
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