RE: The Value Isn't The Main StoryToday 08:34
We are now moving to actual defence procurement activity. A proposed MoD testing contract doesn't make ALRT a major defence company overnight. However, many successful defence technology businesses start with relatively small pilot projects, trials, or evaluations. Governments are naturally cautious when introducing new technology into defence and intelligence environments.
What's interesting to me is that this contract seems to align with:
Sovereign AI
Intelligence analysis
Decision support
National security
Defence modernisation
Those are areas where governments are spending increasing amounts of money.
If ALRT can demonstrate capability in those areas, the commercial opportunity could become much larger than the initial Β£226k engagement. We would then be at the intersection of defence, AI, intelligence, and sovereign capability, just as governments are increasing spending in those areas.