A dedicated delivery platform for sovereign AI capability, focused on execution, clarity, and scale.
Over recent weeks, we’ve shared the formation and formalisation of our strategic partnership with Defence Holdings PLC - a collaboration built to deliver sovereign, software-first Defence capability.
Today marks the next step: execution at scale.
Whitespace and Defence Holdings have launched Defence Technologies - a dedicated delivery platform for the development, integration and deployment of sovereign AI-enabled software, starting with a classified MOD application already underway.
This brand unifies intent and identity. It gives Defence stakeholders, investors, and industry partners a single point of engagement, and positions the partnership as an organised, execution-ready platform with the scale and credibility to match traditional primes.
New platform title confirmed: Defence Technologies becomes the operational brand for the Whitespace–Defence Holdings partnership.
- First classified MOD product in build, with further opportunities in early-stage planning.
- Aligned with the UK Strategic Defence Review 2025, including priorities across ISR, cyber, autonomy, and information domain operations.
- Built on Collective OS, enabling parallel product development, deployment at pace, and sovereign-grade resilience.
- Backed by a listed parent company (Defence Holdings PLC), with market access, shareholder value creation and long-term Defence sector focus.
- Designed for credibility at scale, giving Defence stakeholders and procurement bodies confidence in both delivery and governance.
The creation of Defence Technologies represents a decisive shift, from strategic planning to product delivery. The clarity of this brand and structure reflects the expectations of both Defence stakeholders and investors.
For the Defence community, this provides a single, focused identity - enabling easier engagement, more transparent planning, and a credible sovereign-ready platform for capability development.
For investors, Defence Holdings remains the listed parent company (LSE: ALRT), responsible for capital strategy, partnerships, and long-term value creation. Defence Technologies becomes the face of operational delivery - demonstrating how strategic partnerships translate into deployed capability.
Execution Is Underway
This is not a roadmap. It’s already happening.
The first classified application for the UK Ministry of Defence is in build, with formal release details to follow.
The platform is structured to support multiple concurrent product developments, with clear pathways for deployment, spin-outs, and engagement with hyperscale technology partners.
Whitespace and Defence Holdings are aligned on pace, protection and practicality - delivering real-world capability where others are still planning.
“Defence Technologies provides the identity and focus we need to turn strategy into product. It gives our stakeholders, from primes to procurement, a clear platform to engage with, while enabling us to scale multiple developments at once.”
- Andrew McCartney, Chief Technology Officer, Defence Holdings
“Defence Technologies gives us the structure and identity needed to deliver capability at pace. It reflects the reality of what we’re already doing - building AI for real-world operational use, in secure environments, alongside partners who share our ambition to scale sovereign technology. This isn’t about prototypes or pilots. It’s about delivery.”
- Paul Jenkinson, CEO and Co-Founder at Whitespace
The partnership between Whitespace and Defence Holdings is now fully operational - not just in structure, but in capability. Defence Technologies is more than a name. It’s a delivery vehicle, built to turn sovereign AI ambition into impact.
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