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Minister urges self-driving sector to think dual-use with defence

19 March 2026
 

The UK wants to become the first European market with full legislation for self-driving vehicles, Minister for Industry Chris McDonald has reaffirmed, meanwhile urging the sector to consider whether its technology has defence potential.

Speaking at Zenzic’s Autonomous Mobility Innovators’ Day , McDonald said economic growth remains the government’s primary aim but that rapid scaling in a crisis scenario is also on his mind. “If we had to scale up quickly in a conflict...

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