France, July 1 -- The measure of AI in defence is not what it's capable of in a laboratory. It is what it can achieve in service.A system built for the complexity of modern operationsMD MSS has been in continuous operational service since 1986. What began as a mission data system for the Nimrod Maritime Patrol Aircraft has evolved, across four decades of spiral development with the UK MOD, into the RAF's primary system for multi-domain mission support.The current contract, awarded by DE&S (now NAD) in 2021 and extended in 2026, sustains and develops a system used across a broad range of platforms, including the F-35B Lightning II, Typhoon, Poseidon, Voyager and Chinook. MD MSS is also installed aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of W...