Defence: Artificial Intelligence
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 34 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, how much funding for AI is allocated within each of the (a) Digital Targeting Web, (b) Integrated Air and Missile Defence, (c) Project ASGARD, (d) Maritime Fighting Web, (e) Hybrid Navy and (f) Collaborative Combat Aircraft programmes.
Answered by Ministry of Defence
As set out in the Defence Investment Plan (DIP), AI will feature within transformative programmes and investments such as the Digital Targeting Web, IAMD, Project ASGARD, the Maritime Fighting Web, the Hybrid Navy and CCAs.
In recognition of the growing air and missile threat, the Strategic Defence Review committed to enhance the UK's homeland air and missile defences, with £790 million of new money for homeland IAMD subsequently announced in the DIP. This funding includes investing in a National Air and Space Operations Centre (NASOC). The NASOC will be critical to coordination of national response to any future air and missile attack. NASOC funding will commence in the coming years with a view to it providing operational capability in the early 2030s. Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be considered by the NASOC Programme, in support of timely and efficient operational decision making. However, the scale and breadth of any potential AI employment is to be determined.
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