The UK MoD Awarded 26 Companies AI Targeting Contracts in January 2026 for a Tenfold Increase in Lethality.
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2026 1:22 pm
UK MoD named 26 companies in January 2026 awarded four-year contracts under Asgard programme for advanced digital decision-supporting capabilities focusing on Decide element of target acquisition cycle. 2025 Strategic Defence Review targets tenfold increase in lethality. BAE Systems features across Asgard and MoD AI contracts including Nautomate maritime autonomous control and Prophesea platform. BAE Systems partnered with Scale AI for agentic AI defence missions. MoD maintains policy of context-appropriate human involvement in AI-assisted targeting decisions. Drone Wars UK described MoD claims as vague to the point of meaninglessness. AOAV documented governance frameworks must include audit trails and clear chains of accountability. Joint Service Publication on Dependable AI in Defence provides responsible risk management guidance with no constitutional command audit trail specification. US Central Command confirmed advanced AI tools processing Iran operations targeting data in March 2026 with reports of 20-second human approval windows. No Asgard contract specification defines constitutional command audit trail proving context-appropriate human involvement was constitutionally sufficient.
Read paper: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21216933
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Read paper: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21216933
For full paper and sovereign briefings: protocol@fijishi.com