India, Sept. 25 -- British companies will gain access to a significant amount of battlefield data from Ukraine for the first time to develop new AI models for advanced drone swarms.

The UK is the first international partner to access Ukraine's coveted Avengers AI Labs, following a landmark deal struck by Prime Minister Andy Burnham and President Zelenskyy in Kyiv. The database holds imagery and video gathered by uncrewed aerial systems in Ukraine, using daylight and thermal sensors, and is used to develop, train, and evaluate AI models.

UK's Ministry of Defense has announced that it is now inviting UK companies to submit proposals for how they would use the data to create AI models for the next generation of battlefield drones. This is th...