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UK Ministry of Defence
UK government department for defence policy, the British Armed Forces, and the Trident nuclear deterrent.
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#13 5 Oct
Mentioned in: Kraken trials a Saab radar picket boat
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#18 16 Sept
Awarded Tekever up to £400m for the AR5
Drones: Industry & Defence: UK awards Tekever up to £400m for AR5#18 16 Sept
#18 16 Sept
“supplied skydio x10 drones to”
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#13 12 Sept
Mentioned in: Ukrainian USV destroys a Russian USV
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#12 27 Aug
Listed a small suicide boat for procurement
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea: Taiwan passes its unmanned vehicle law#17 18 Aug
Mentioned in: Ukraine fields 70-plus AI strike systems
Drones: Industry & Defence#17 13 Aug
Mentioned in: China flies inward as it walls exports
Drones: Industry & Defence#11 10 Aug
Found no evidence of MoD data or systems being accessed, compromised or transmitted externally
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea: MoD: no data left the robot boats#11 9 Aug
Mentioned in: Navy robot boats' cameras called China
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#11 5 Aug
Mentioned in: Navy asks how to certify a robot ship
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#11 5 Aug
Mentioned in: £10m buys a robot boat testbed
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#11 4 Aug
Mentioned in: The Dutch put the sonar on the robot
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#162 24 Jul
Mentioned in: 62 wounded vanish from Pentagon toll
Iran Conflict 2026#7 17 Jul
Committed GBP90m within a GBP1.3bn autonomous-MCM programme
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea: UK to buy three Norway motherships#7 16 Jul
Committed at least GBP1.5bn over four years to the programme
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea: Type 91 to 94 robot fleet takes shape#7 13 Jul
Mentioned in: Navy retires HMS Chiddingfold at 42
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#5 30 Jun
Mentioned in: Ukraine codifies 50 robot models in six months
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#5 30 Jun
Received a GBP15bn settlement against a reported GBP28bn ask
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea: Britain names four uncrewed warship classes#1 29 Jun
Co-published the £10.3bn Defence Investment Plan breakdown
Is Britain Actually Broke?: £4bn of the £10.3bn defence plan is a budget cut#5 24 Jun
Mentioned in: A £6.68m trial holds the subsea money
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#129 15 Jun
Mentioned in: Hormuz logged two ships, not 94
Iran Conflict 2026#12 12 Jun
Placed first order for Black Widow drones bound for the Ground Self-Defense Force via HAMA K.K.
Drones: Industry & Defence: Red Cat raises $225m and wins Japan#4 1 Jun
Mentioned in: Britain stands up its first robot fleet
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#10 20 May
committed GBP 115 million for mine-hunting drones and counter-drone systems to the Hormuz mission
Drones: Industry & Defence: UK sends £115M to Hormuz drones#5 20 May
Mentioned in: CircuitHub raises $28m led by Plural
UK Startups and Innovation#17 19 May
Mentioned in: ISW Logs Third Straight Net-Loss Week for Russia
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#10 15 May
launched Project NYX with four companies sharing GBP 10 million for Apache loyal-wingman assessment
Drones: Industry & Defence: UK launches Apache drone wingman trial#4 13 May
Mentioned in: National Wealth Fund writes first defence cheque
UK Startups and Innovation#96 13 May
Announced formal multi-platform deployment of Typhoons, HMS Dragon, mine-clearance vessels and drones to the 40-nation Hormuz mission
Iran Conflict 2026: UK names Typhoons, HMS Dragon for Hormuz#95 11 May
Issued first official confirmation of HMS Dragon's Hormuz mission via Royal Navy website
Iran Conflict 2026: HMS Dragon sails before the ceasefire#2 10 May
Mentioned in: CDC mandates airborne isolation for Andes patients
Pandemics and Biosecurity#93 9 May
UK reportedly sends warship for Hormuz mission
Iran Conflict 2026#94 9 May
Confirmed deployment as 'prudent planning' without publishing rules of engagement or tasking order
Iran Conflict 2026: HMS Dragon sails for Hormuz without rules of engagement#5 5 May
Mentioned in: Innovate UK opens £15m drone competitions
UK Startups and Innovation#10 1 May
issued the Project Corvus competitive tender to replace Watchkeeper
Drones: Industry & Defence: UK tenders £130M Watchkeeper swap#2 30 Apr
Airbus signs for Ultra Cyber from Cobham
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences#3 30 Apr
Mentioned in: Spaceflux sweeps NSOC, raises £3.5m to £9m
UK Startups and Innovation#3 29 Apr
Mentioned in: Innovate UK opens £3.5m cyber competition
UK Startups and Innovation#15 29 Apr
Mentioned in: Russia strips Victory Day of hardware
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#82 26 Apr
Mentioned in: GL-V opens a 24 May Iran deadline
Iran Conflict 2026#2 22 Apr
Mentioned in: Beazley shareholders clear Zurich's £8.1bn bid
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences#2 22 Apr
Hosted DIAG, Sprint and Zig-Zag mechanisms for defence startup investment
UK Startups and Innovation: Healey makes DIAG permanent, launches Sprint and Zig-Zag#6 15 Apr
Committed £752M for 120,000 drones destined for Ukraine
Drones: Industry & Defence: Healey commits £752M for 120,000 Ukraine drones in Berlin#6 15 Apr
Framed package as majority UK-based SME spend without disclosing per-supplier values
Drones: Industry & Defence: Malloy revealed as BAE subsidiary as Tekever scale emerges#6 15 Apr
#6 15 Apr
#6 15 Apr
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#6 15 Apr
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#6 14 Apr
Mentioned in: UKDI fibre-optic call mandates SAPIENT, commits no budget
Drones: Industry & Defence#82 13 Apr
Mentioned in: China's Decree 835 sits in reserve
Iran Conflict 2026#5 10 Apr
UK buys Skyhammer from unproven startup
Drones: Industry & Defence#5 10 Apr
#5 8 Apr
doubled autonomous systems investment from £2B to £4B over current parliament
Drones: Industry & Defence: UK doubles drone spend to £4 billion#5 8 Apr
“doubled investment commitment to”
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#5 8 Apr
“published industry call on behalf of”
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#3 20 Mar
Mentioned in: DroneShield revenue up 276% on EU demand
Drones: Industry & Defence#44 19 Mar
Iran fires two missiles at Diego Garcia
Iran Conflict 2026#6 6 Mar
Mentioned in: RUSI says manpower, not production, gates attritable mass
Drones: Industry & Defence#1 1 Jan
Mentioned in: French military signs Mistral AI deal
European Tech Sovereignty#1 1 Jan
Launched £20m accelerated contracts fund for startups with no prior MOD experience
UK Startups and Innovation: MOD opens £20m fund to defence newcomers#1 1 Jan
#1 1 Jan
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