HC Deb 21 January 1988 vol 125 c771W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will explain the purpose of the Alvey advanced information technology project.

Mr. Sainsbury

This is primarily a matter for my right hon. and noble Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.

However, the Alvey advanced information technology project is a five-year programme of pre-competitive collaborative research in the technologies of IT between Government, industry and academic institutions. It is funded and managed through the co-operation of the Department of Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Defence and the Science and Engineering Research Council. The four major thrusts of the programme are intelligent knowledge-based systems, software engineering, VLSI (very large-scale integration) and man-machine interface. As these clearly have a relevance to defence systems, MOD has contributed financially and seconded manpower to the programme.

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