BridgeToMission

Bridging mission needs & startup scale.

Operating Partner | Defence & Security | Strategy & Transformation | Ex-Army Officer | VC-Facing | Dual-Use Advocate

[Chatham House @ChathamHouse]

Increased defence spending, a boom in defence technology and dual-use AI, and a drive towards technology sovereignty could reconfigure the race for artificial intelligence.

Read @katjabego's latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️
https://t.co/EBIOrqUQXo

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For the hard of researching, the US taxpayer doesn’t fund @NATO . It funds the US military, which NATO then uses.

NATO itself is basically a shared admin and infrastructure budget.

The US spends ~$800+ Bn on its military. It spends well under $1 Bn on NATO itself.

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The anticipated publication of the UK's Defence Investment Plan will represent the most significant sovereign demand in a generation. How that signal is read, and by whom, will shape the quality of the investment decisions that follow.

https://t.co/V15ixiUPAC

[Sam @Discoplomacy]

Britain’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF) - the deep tech venture capital fund for National Security and Defence and our answer to the CIA’s In-Q-Tel - has made a couple of interesting investments this year.

• Leeds-based Optalysys, makes photonic chips which are processors that use light rather than electricity to move and compute data on a single chip.

• Refute, a military grade AI platform that detects emerging disinformation campaigns before they fully manifest.

• Mutable Tactics, which is building an AI-powered decision layer for unmanned systems.

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@R_P_one Wrote several times last year about a sovereign national security industry stack. Part of the problem, if you speak to defence and security Small & Medium Enterprises, is that they feel that for entrepreneurs and business owners, it’s a hostile environment in the U.K.

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@kclwargaming When done well, it’s a fantastic way to test a plan. When done well… Sadly, when done as part of a process and under resourced, it can become a box ticking exercise. When done as an isolated act, it’s a fantastic way to learn, and if not learn, at least understand deeper.

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𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤

#Sovereignty today is not won only on the #battlefield. It’s shaped in semi-conductors, supply chains & #digital stacks.

Our latest essay explores what true #leverage looks like in the 2020s:

https://t.co/sBo5eqada4

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🧵 Russia’s GPS interference: More than signal loss - it’s a strategic alarm bell for Europe.

https://t.co/zEdlNTqddT How Russia is jamming GPS around Europe

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7. European security now includes “Time”
We talk about arms and deterrents, but precision navigation is the silent backbone of modern warfare. Russia’s GPS gambit is an indicator that Europe needs navigation resilience as much as missiles or radar.

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So?
For Western planners, the lesson is clear: the pacing challenge is accelerating. Responding requires not just more spending, but sharper integration of doctrine, technology, and industrial capacity.

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🧵 China’s military parade in Beijing was a statement of intent showcasing new nuclear, hypersonic, and autonomous systems that signal how the PLA sees the next fight. https://t.co/oktYJGMIK6 via @financialtimes
Six key takeaways:

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6/6. A #parade with purpose
This more than a show of strength for domestic audiences alone. It was a carefully curated message: the PLA is modern, #technologically ambitious, and #strategically focused on deterring and defeating US intervention in the Indo-Pacific.