REG-Defence Holdings Plc: Defence Holdings Announce New National Security Pillar & Strategic Collaboration with Gloucestershire Police

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30 December 2025

London, UK

 

Defence Holdings PLC

 

(“Defence Holdings” or the “Company”)

 

Defence Holdings Announce New National Security Pillar & Strategic
Collaboration with Gloucestershire Police

           
          Defence Holdings PLC           (LSE: ALRT),           the UK-listed
sovereign defence software company, announces the launch of it’s national
security executional pillar through           its technology division, Defence
Technologies. This pillar           focuses on the application of sovereign AI
to domestic security and resilience and directly addresses the priorities set
out in the UK Strategic Defence Review.

 

As part of this launch Defence Technologies can also announce the first
collaboration/project under this pillar,                      a strategic
collaboration with Gloucestershire Police to deliver a Proof-of-Value (PoV1)
programme for AI-enabled automation of ROVI (Record of Video Interview) and
ROTI (Record of Taped Interview) reporting.

 

The PoV will apply sovereign AI to convert unstructured PACE-governed
interview data into structured digital summaries and reports, with the
objective of demonstrating measurable improvements in speed, consistency and
workflow efficiency versus existing methods. PoV1 will establish performance
benchmarks and validate operational suitability, with a proposed second phase
expected to assess evidential-grade accuracy and requirements for broader
rollout in the Spring of 2026, together providing a clear pathway to
operational deployment, subject to successful evaluation and approvals.       
  
          
                     Strategic Importance

 

Automated production of interview documentation is a long-standing unmet need
across UK policing. ROTI and ROVI reports are essential to the Criminal
Justice System yet consume tens of thousands of officer-hours each year,
making them one of policing’s most resource-intensive administrative tasks.
Demand continues to rise                      and interview recordings now
generate thousands of hours of unstructured audio each week, all requiring
manual review and conversion into case-ready material.

 

This creates slower case progression, high administrative burden, inconsistent
evidential quality and delays in disclosure. Even modest efficiency gains
would deliver material productivity benefits nationally.

 

Demonstrating sovereign AI performance here represents a significant
modernisation opportunity for UK policing improving case throughput,
strengthening evidential standards and freeing officer capacity while
establishing a pathway for scalable deployment across policing and national
security missions.

 

Commercial Opportunity                    
          
          The capability has clear potential for wider deployment across UK
policing, where the need to rapidly transform human-generated information into
structured evidence is both consistent and growing. It establishes the
foundation for a repeatable, nationally relevant product model.

 

The same core technology is directly applicable to defence and national
security missions, where accelerating the movement from raw narrative to
actionable intelligence is a strategic priority. This PoV is the          
first step in a scalable commercial pathway for Defence Technologies,         
 aligned with the UK’s drive to strengthen information advantage across
national security operations.

 

This work aligns directly with the UK’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR25)
focus on information advantage and supports Defence Holdings’ five-year plan
to deliver sovereign, cross-domain AI capabilities that strengthen national
security infrastructure.

 

The programme is supported by Defence Holdings as part of its sovereign AI
investment strategy. Gloucestershire Police will provide workflow insight and
explore controlled data access to enable evaluation. Delivery is commencing
immediately.

 

Maggie Blyth, Chief Constable, Gloucestershire Police,                    
said:

 

“We are pleased to collaborate on this initiative. If reliable automation
can maintain the accuracy and structure required under PACE, it has the
potential to unlock operational value for policing and the wider justice
system.”

 

Andy McCartney, CTO, Defence Holdings PLC,                     said:

 

“By applying sovereign AI to high-volume evidential workflows, we aim to
free officer time and improve the consistency of interview documentation. If
successful, the capability we develop here could provide a foundation for
scalable deployment across policing, defence and national security operations.
          We are delighted to launch this work as a dedicated National
Security executional pillar within Defence Technologies, and to be
collaborating with Gloucestershire Police as the first operational partner in
validating this capability.”          
          
                     Andrew Webber, Chief Partnerships Officer, Defence
Technologies                     said:

 

“We are pleased to partner with Gloucestershire Constabulary on this
Proof-of-Value programme. Instigated by Microsoft UK, this opportunity allows
for a truly collaborative, co-design and co-development approach with the Glos
Police team. This ensures we deliver a capability that precisely addresses
their needs, promising significant productivity enhancements and             
        reduced cognitive load for police officers.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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