UK secures access to Ukraine's artificial intelligence labs
The deal will develop military capabilities and technology of the future.
This is the first international access Ukraine is offering.
The agreement between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Andy Burnham will see the UK back Ukraine with universities, researchers, technology companies and an artificial intelligence (AI) eco-system.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has allowed defence firm MBDA to release classified information on UK components for the long-range missile, SCALP.
The platform provides real world data and insights to train AI models, collected by thousands of daylight cameras and infrared sensors across the battlefield in Ukraine.
The partnership will also see the UK and Ukraine explore further platforms to collaborate on.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham, said, ‘Ukraine has become one of the world’s leading innovators in defence technology, forged through courage, ingenuity and the hard lessons of war.
'This groundbreaking partnership will bring together Ukraine’s unrivalled operational experience with Britain’s world-class AI ecosystem, giving us the opportunity to develop the technologies of the future, changing lives here in Britain and saving lives on the battlefield in Ukraine.’
