AUKUS: Research
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen research and development collaboration with AUKUS partners.
Answered by Luke Pollard
The UK advances research and development collaboration with AUKUS partners through progressing work on a range of capabilities. These include capabilities in the following technology areas; Undersea Warfare, Artificial Intelligence & Autonomy, Quantum, Hypersonics and Counter-Hypersonics, Cyber, and Electronic Warfare. The Department works closely with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and its counterparts in Australia and the United States to embed the latest research into the development of advanced military capabilities.
Through the AUKUS Pillar 2 Innovation Challenges, the Department is bringing together government, industry, and academia from all three nations to develop and demonstrate cutting-edge solutions to some of our toughest military challenges.
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