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Defence: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to use digital technology to improve defence outputs.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
23 Oct 2024
Answer
28 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to use digital technology to improve defence outputs.

  2. 23 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Defence’s goal is to continually evolve a secure, singular, modern Digital Backbone to connect sensors, effectors, and deciders across military and business domains and with partners, driving integration and interoperability across domains and platforms. ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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