(DAIC) Defence AI Centre Connect

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Are you interested in the latest developments in AI for Defence and eager to network with representatives from other AI companies and the MOD? Join us at DAIC Connect 2025, the industry engagement day hosted in partnership with the Defence AI Centre (DAIC).

The DAIC enables and accelerates ambitious, safe, and responsible AI adoption across UK Defence, working collaboratively with government, industry, academia, and allies to provide strategic advantage.

The goal of this second DAIC Connect is to foster a deeper collective understanding of the Defence AI market and associated challenges and to develop valuable connections between Defence and Industry.

The event will feature:

Keynote addresses by AI leaders from Government and Industry
Updates from the DAIC and wider MOD
Joint industry / MOD panel discussions
Breakout sessions aimed at addressing Defence related AI challenges

Additionally, the day will provide opportunities for companies to meet and brief various MOD teams and industry colleagues, both during the event and at the post-event networking drinks. Companies also have the opportunity to bring stands to showcase and discuss their products with Defence representatives and industry peers in the networking area.

Here is a short video summary of the first DAIC Connect:

Rachel Singleton joined the Royal Navy in 2002 from the Royal Naval Reserve, following a short career as a software engineer in the telecommunications sector. Her operational experience includes time onboard aircraft carriers ARK ROYAL and ILLUSTRIOUS, two short tours in Afghanistan and a tour as Weapon Engineer Officer of Type 45 destroyer HMS DARING. Her non-operational roles have spanned capability development, IT service management, cyber and Defence Engagement and she recently spent a rewarding two years leading on AI at the British Defence Staff in Washington DC, before returning to Navy Headquarters as Head of Digital Development and SRO of the Naval Strike Network programme.

Rachel has recently joined Defence Digital as Head of the DAIC and is responsible for setting the conditions for the widespread exploitation of AI within Defence, championing the appropriate and informed use of AI, ensuring the enablers are in place such as tooling, platforms and data, and sponsoring specific innovation projects, identifying crucial problem sets and developing AI models to address them.

Rachel is a graduate of Birmingham University where she studied Mathematics and Philosophy and has also undertaken an in-Service MSc in Information Systems at Cranfield University, and the Defence Academy’s Advanced Command and Staff Course alongside the associated MA in Defence Studies from Kings College London. At home Rachel is outnumbered by her husband and two sons and any spare time is spent reading, making music or hiking.

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