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Uncrewed Systems: Artificial Intelligence

Asked by Stuart AndersonConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 21 July 2026UIN 17798

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which uncrewed systems use AI-enabled swarms.

Answered by Luke Pollard

While Defence is actively researching, developing and experimenting with autonomous and collaborative behaviours, including swarming concepts, these activities remain in the assessment, experimentation and capability development phases and have not yet matured to a level suitable for operational service.

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