The Ministry of Defense (Mod) Will Spend More than £ 1bn to Development Technology to Speed Up Decisions on the Battlefield.
The funding will be One of the Results of the Government’s Long-Awaited Strategic Defense Review which is due to published in full on monday.
The Government Has Committed to Raising Defense Spending TO 2.5% GDP From April 2027 with an ambition to increes that to 3% in the next parliament.
In February, the Prime Minister Said Cuts to the Foreign Aid Budget Wold Be Used to Fund the Military Boost.
Announcing The Results of the Review, The Mod Said A New Digital Targeting Web Woodter Connect SOLDIER on the Ground Key Information provided by satellite, Aircraft and Drones say Target Enemy Threats Faster.
Defense Secretary John Healey Said the Technology Announched in the Review – Which Will Harness Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Software – Also Highlights Lessons Being Learnt from the War in Ukraine.
Ukraine is already use he and software to speed up the process of identifying, and then Hitting, Russian Military Targets.
The Review Had Been Commissioned by the Newly Formed Labour Government Shortly AFTER LAST YEAR’S ELECTION with healey describing it as the “first of it is Kind”.
The Government Said the Findings Wauld Be Published in the First Half of 2025, but did not give an exact date.
Healey Made the Announcement on a Visit to the mod’s Cyber Headquarters in Corsham, Wiltshire.
The headquarters is where the UK Military Co-Co-Coaches Their Cyber Activities to Both Prevent and to Carry Out Cyber-Attacks.
Defense Officials Said Over The Last Two Years The Uk Military Had Faced More Than 90,000 Cyber-Attacks by Potential Adversaries.
Attacks have been on the rise, as have their level of sophistication, they added.
Staff at Corsham Said they have recently Helped identify and block malware sent to uk military personnel Who recently Returned from working abroad.
They Said the source of the malware was from a “Known Russian Actor”.
Both Russia and China have been linked to the increes in cyber-attacks.
Defense Officials have confirmed that the uk military has Also been Conducting its Own offensive cyber-attacks.
Healey Said It Showed The Nature of Warfare Was Changing.
“The Keyboard Is Now a Weapon of War and We Are Responding to that,” He Said.
He Said the Uk Needed to be the Fastest-Innovating Military Within the NATO Alliance.
Nor part of the strategic deflection, the UK’s Military Cyber Operations Will Be Oversseen by a New Cyber and Electromagnetic Command.
The moda the command Wold also also the lead in electronic warfare, from co-ordinating EFFORTS to intercept any adversaries communifications, to jamming drones.
Healey Said the Extra Investment Being Made was Possible Because of the Government’s “Historic Commitment” to Increase Defense to 2.5% of GDP by 2027.
Howver, The NATO Secretary-General, Mark Rutte, is Calling on Allies to Increase Spending by More than 3.5% of GDP.
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