Question follow-through · 12201
Armed Forces: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New taskforce to put AI on the UK's frontline, published on 10 June 2026, what is the expected lifetime cost of maintaining Taskforce RAID.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New taskforce to put AI on the UK's frontline, published on 10 June 2026, what is the expected lifetime cost of maintaining Taskforce RAID.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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30 Jun 2026
Answer published
The UK faces a defining moment. Our adversaries are rapidly deploying AI to enhance capability and gain strategic advantage. The UK must be ready for the modern battlespace. The Rapid AI Delivery Taskforce (TF RAID) was formally launched on 10 June and sh...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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