"Asgard will help it realise the ambitions of the government's 2025 Strategic defence review, which promised to 'deliver a tenfold increase in lethality over the next 10 years' via a combination of enhanced 'firepower, surveillance technology, autonomy, digital connectivity and data'."
"The Asgard programme 'will exploit AI and novel communications networks, providing rapid targeting and decision-support to personnel', and help the British armed forces 'to rapidly find and strike enemy targets at greater distances than ever before'."
"Critics warn that speeding up targeting decisions with artificial intelligence (AI) will inevitably lead to greater civilian casualties."
The UK Ministry of Defence has contracted 26 companies to develop advanced autonomous targeting systems as part of the Asgard programme, a four-year initiative aligned with the 2025 Strategic Defence Review. The programme aims to leverage artificial intelligence and novel communications networks to enable rapid targeting and decision-support for armed forces personnel, allowing them to locate and strike targets at greater distances. Participating companies include specialized military AI firms like Anduril and Helsing, alongside traditional defence contractors such as QinetiQ, Leonardo, and Tekever, plus technology firms including Oracle, BT, and Deloitte. The contracts operate under the Digital Decision Accelerators for Defence framework. However, campaign groups like Drone Wars UK have raised concerns that accelerating targeting decisions through AI will inevitably result in increased civilian casualties.
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