A Word from the Incoming Non-Executive Chairman Lord Houghton's decision to join the company is deeply aligned with its core mission to deliver a decisive technological advantage to the UK's Armed Forces. As he commented at the time of his appointment, "I am delighted and excited to be joining Defence Holdings PLC. Delighted because they are the first defence company to have been conceived, by design, to help deliver the outcomes of the emerging Defence Industrial Strategy: agile, sovereign and wholly focused on exploiting the digital revolution to the UK's national advantage. Excited bec…

Defence Holdings PLC (LSE: ALRT), the UK's first listed pure-play software-led #Ai defence company, will unveil to the global defence community at DSEI 2025 its first AI product, already in active development for the UK Ministry of Defence ("MOD"). Andrew McCartney, Chief Technology Officer of Defence Holdings, commented, "Our first product proves that Defence Holdings can move faster than the traditional defence cycle and from vision to operational capability in record time. Through Defence Technologies, we are embedding sovereign AI into the heart of defence where it matters most. The s…

This initiative involves a partnership with London-based Nscale Global Holdings, which previously committed to significant UK data center investments. The move reflects a growing demand for digital infrastructure driven by artificial intelligence and aims to address European concerns about AI development lagging behind the US and China. These investments are part of OpenAI's larger strategy to expand its commercial operations and data center projects internationally, despite facing stricter regulations in Europe.