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AUKUS partners share and retrain AI models on drones in flight at a UK trial

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Source: Australian Government Department of DefenceAlso reported by GOV.UK, US Department of War

Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States ran a joint trial at Upavon airfield in the UK on 28 April 2023 under AUKUS Pillar II. Australia’s Department of Defence said it was the first jointly developed AUKUS AI capability deployed on coalition autonomous systems for a surveillance and reconnaissance mission, and showed AI models shared between the three countries’ uncrewed aircraft and retrained at the edge while in flight.

Why it matters

Military AI models were shown working across three allies’ drones in one mission.

When
28 Apr 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0056
Who
AUKUS, Department of Defence (Australia), Ministry of Defence (UK), Dstl

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Australian Government Department of Defence and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Australian Government Department of Defence

Source copy: download the page text as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2023-0056: “AUKUS partners share and retrain AI models on drones in flight at a UK trial.” wheresthe.ai, 28 Apr 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/intl-aukus-ai-autonomy-trial-upavon-2023-04/ (source: Australian Government Department of Defence).

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