Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States are making significant progress in artificial intelligence and autonomy under Pillar 2 of the AUKUS security partnership, according to Tanya Monro, Australia’s chief defense scientist. Media coverage has focused chiefly on Pillar 1 of AUKUS, which involves providing Australia with nuclear-powered submarines, but Pillar 2 activities are...
September 27, 2023
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Canada Pledges $24M to UK-Led Effort to Equip Ukraine Air Defense
Canadian Minister of National Defence Bill Blair has announced his country’s $24.4 million contribution to a United Kingdom-led partnership that aims to provide Ukraine with short and medium-range air missiles and associated equipment. “Together, Canada and the United Kingdom are standing with Ukraine as it fights to defend itself against Russia’s illegal and unjustifiable invasion,”...
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UK Defense Chief Calls for Integration of Emerging Tech Into Armed Forces
The British military needs to advance the development and deployment of new technologies most useful in the modern battlefield, according to Royal Navy Adm. Tony Radakin, chief of the defense staff at the U.K. Ministry of Defence. In his keynote speech at the 2023 Defence and Security Equipment International trade show on Thursday, Radakin said...
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Academic, Industry Experts Join UK AI Taskforce Advisory Board
The UK government has appointed academic and industry experts as members of the Frontier AI Taskforce’s external advisory board. The new appointees will support the task force’s mission to identify artificial intelligence systems that could threaten public safety and global security, according to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Yoshua Bengio, a Turing Award...
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UK Cyber Chief Urges Developers to Secure AI Tech
Security should be a core requirement in developing artificial intelligence capabilities, according to Lindy Cameron, CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre in the U.K. Appearing as a keynote speaker at the recent Chatham House Cyber 2023 conference, Cameron called on developers to anticipate security risks and embed mitigating measures when designing AI tools, the...
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UK Outlines Key Objectives of AI Safety Summit in November
The UK government has outlined its core objectives for the Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit, which will be held on Nov. 1 and 2 at Bletchley Park in England. The summit will gather select countries and various technology, academic and nonprofit groups to discuss the safe advancement of AI. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology...
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BAE Systems to Acquire Ball’s Aerospace Unit for $5.55B
BAE Systems has agreed to acquire Ball Aerospace from Ball Corp. for $5.55 billion. Ball Aerospace manufactures spacecraft, instruments and sensors, laser remote sensing systems, and microwave technologies. On Bloomberg, an earlier report cited people familiar with the talks said a deal could be reached within the next couple of days. Ball first mentioned plans...
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Former Air Vice Marshal: Technology Funding Is Top Challenge for UK Armed Forces
Funding the technology to maintain proper munitions stockpiles outlined in the UK Defence Command Paper 2023 is the biggest challenge facing the British armed forces, Gary Waterfall, retired Royal Air Force air vice marshal, told Defense News. Deterrence before enemy threats occur, also cited in the document, has to be available at the military’s moment...
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New UK Sanctions Target Russian Military Suppliers
The U.K. government has announced a new round of sanctions that target entities supporting Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. In a statement, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the latest action designates individuals and businesses from Turkey, Dubai, Slovakia and Switzerland that supply the resources fueling the Russian military’s operations in Ukraine. The sanctions package targets...
