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I am seeing AI on show
everywhere at Farnborough,

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and there's no doubt that
from autonomy to logistics,

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AI is the unlock of the moment.

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And most of the first time
exhibitors, I've learned,

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at this show are firms solely focused

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on data-driven capabilities.

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But let me flag something
important to defense leaders.

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Buying software alone is not enough.

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These capabilities are
clearly not exploitable

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without people able to
use and sense check them.

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And what I'm hearing is that digital

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and AI skills are now the bottleneck.

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In fact, most tech skills in defense

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have a shelf life of under
two-and-a-half years.

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So the unlock isn't a bigger AI budget.

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It's about treating AI adoption

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as a workforce transformation.

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Working with partners

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who bring the AI skills of the moment

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and investing in
cohort-specific upskilling.

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This is an underinvested aspect
of clear mission advantage.

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