Question follow-through · 108885
Defence: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the five shortlisted projects are from the Defence AI sprint.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 27 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 2 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
27 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the five shortlisted projects are from the Defence AI sprint.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Feb 2026
Answer published
The five shortlisted projects are: Advanced Reasoning for Decision Advantage (ARDA)AI Exploitation for the Digital Targeting WebAutonomous Mission ExecutionUnderwater Acoustic Foundation ModelAI Enabled Cyber Defence
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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