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Armed Forces: Artificial Intelligence

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 22932

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in creating a protected Defence AI Investment Fund to accelerate the adoption of Artificial Intelligence across Defence, prioritising the most promising use-cases, as outlined in Recommendation 29.

Answered by Ministry of Defence

The Defence AI Investment Fund has been successfully setup. The Defence Investment Plan has provisioned £200 million AI Investment Fund and associated initiatives.

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