VIVAERO Change agent PTC’s business development director, David Hughes explores how increased funding is set to accelerate artificial intelligence’s hold on the aerospace and defence (A&D) sector. However, with speed comes the risk of firms accruing ‘technical debt’ if they move too quickly. The much-heralded Sovereign AI Fund opened for business earlier this month at Wayve’s London headquarters. Backed by £500 million from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, it marks the biggest indicator yet of the UK government’s desire to grow Britain’s 6,000-strong artificial intelligence (AI) community and lock in some of the brightest minds in the business. For any new technology to be truly successful, there must be a solid business case and the A&D sectors - bound by their own unique sovereign requirements - seem very easy bedfellows. It’s not difficult to see why. The power of AI to leverage proven data to deliver productivity gains and speed to market is...
