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Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Defence and Security Accelerator

Dec. 18 2023

Source Page: Flare Bright continues to fly high
Document: Flare Bright continues to fly high (webpage)

Found: After successful initial DASA funding in 2021, to prove the concept of true autonomy in drones, Flare

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Defence

Feb. 03 2024

Source Page: Statement on Air Strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen: 3 February 2024
Document: Statement on Air Strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen: 3 February 2024 (webpage)

Found: This station had been used to control Houthi drones, both attack and reconnaissance types, launched from

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Justice

Jan. 25 2024

Source Page: Anti-drone no fly zones to combat prison smuggling
Document: Anti-drone no fly zones to combat prison smuggling (webpage)

Found: criminal gangs as key drug supply route cut off The new law makes it an automatic offence simply to fly drones

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Defence

Dec. 29 2023

Source Page: The UK bolsters Ukraine's air defence after Putin's latest air strikes
Document: The UK bolsters Ukraine's air defence after Putin's latest air strikes (webpage)

Found: The delivery comes as Russia continues its assault on Ukraine, with hundreds of drones and missiles believed

Lords Chamber
Artificial Intelligence in Weapon Systems Committee Report - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Earl Attlee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) will be using electronic warfare to prevent their opponent being able to receive data from their own drones - Speech Link
2: Lord Mitchell (Lab - Life peer) It manufactures AI weapons that can hover and then identify their target—in effect, attack drones. - Speech Link
3: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) I believe that the increasing use of drones in particular, potentially autonomously, in conflicts such - Speech Link

Select Committee
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), and The Economist

Oral Evidence Feb. 28 2024

Inquiry: Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK Defence
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: International Relations and Defence Committee

Found: and in the mass production of those UAV attack drones inside Russia.

Written Question
Ukraine: Military Aid
Monday 29th April 2024

Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the (a) lethal and (b) non lethal military aid donated to Ukraine since February 2022.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

The UK's support to Ukraine has been and will remain steadfast and we have just announced our largest ever military aid package, which will be delivered over the next few months.

Since February 2022, we have delivered the following key capabilities. For operational security reasons we are unable to publish the full extent of the information requested. The announcement made by the Prime Minister on Tuesday 23 April is additional to the list below.

· 1,800 air defence missiles

· Over 4,000 drones including:

· Long range attack drones

· Strategic Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS)

· Storm Shadow cruise missiles

· Squadron of 14 Challenger 2 Tanks with thousands of rounds of ammunition, plus armoured recovery and repair vehicles.

· 50 AS90 self-propelled 155mm guns hundreds of armoured and protected vehicles.

· 400,000 rounds of artillery ammunition

· 6 Stormer vehicles fitted with Starstreak launchers

· Thousands of surface-to-air missiles including HMV Starstreak, LMM Martlet, ASRAAM, AMRAAM and others.

· More than 10,000 anti-tank weapons (including over 5,000 Next Generation Light Anti-Tank [NLAW] missiles, Javelin, Brimstone and others)

· Nearly 6 million rounds of small arms ammunition, 2,600 anti-structure munitions and 4.5 tonnes of plastic explosive

· More than a hundred anti-aircraft guns, self-propelled artillery.

· Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS)

· 6 stormer air defence vehicles, using HVM Starstreak missiles.

· Counter-battery radar systems

· Communications equipment

· Electronic warfare equipment

· Medical equipment

· 3 Sea King helicopters

· 140 logisitics vehicles

· 1,000 VALLON metal detectors and 100 bomb de-arming kits

· 300 Armoured and protected mobility vehicles

· Cold weather equipment

· Body armour and helmets

· Electricity Generators

Departmental Publication (Policy and Engagement)
Ministry of Defence

Feb. 22 2024

Source Page: Defence Drone Strategy - the UK’s approach to Defence Uncrewed Systems
Document: Defence Drone Strategy - the UK’s approach to Defence Uncrewed Systems (webpage)

Found: There is no clearer example than the development and employment of drones, where low-cost solutions are

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Home Office

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: Government plan to save 38 million hours of police time
Document: Government plan to save 38 million hours of police time (webpage)

Found: million will be spent over the next 4 years on new technology, such as live facial recognition and drones

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Defence

Apr. 26 2024

Source Page: Royal Navy warship shoots down Houthi missile
Document: Royal Navy warship shoots down Houthi missile (webpage)

Found: Richmond successfully repelled a Houthi drone attack in the southern Red Sea, shooting down two attack drones