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The new Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis says UK will meet NATO funding target by 2035. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Mr Jarvis says: "The UK made a promise to its allies, as they did to us - 3.5% by 2035."
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00:00So today, we commit the UK's largest ever investment in drone warfare.
00:05Ā£5 billion for strike, protector and surveillance drones across the Royal Navy, the Army and the RAF.
00:14Anti-submarine vessels, uncrewed ground vehicles and fighter jets.
00:19A new uncrewed systems task force to rapidly develop and field new autonomous capabilities.
00:26And funding for Europe's biggest drone testing site, the uncrewed systems centre in Swindon, which I opened on my very
00:35first day in the job.
00:36A project which owes thanks to the efforts of my honourable friend, the member for Swindon North.
00:42We will also invest nearly £2 billion to integrate our armed forces through a new digital targeting web, underpinned by
00:50the most advanced AI and software.
00:52Cutting the time from decision to strike faster than ever before.
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