Industry and Regulators Committee
23 June 2026
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Industry and Regulators Committee House of Lords
00:06 - 00:47
Speaker 2
Good morning and welcome to this session of the Industry and Regulators Committee as part of our inquiry into the relationship between the government and the defence and related industries. These proceedings are being broadcast live on Parliament TV. There will also be a Hansard record. You'll have a chance to look at that in case we've misunderstood any of the words that you spoke and you'll be able to make corrections. I will introduce my colleagues as they put questions to you, but I think if we could just start by you introducing yourselves and then we'll go into questions.
00:47 - 01:17
Speaker 4
Thank you, my lady, for inviting me to today's session. My name's Jon Parker. I'm the founder of Flyby Technology, a drone company that's all-domain. My background is an aeronautical engineer and fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. I was an airline training captain and I was on the design team for HMS Queen Elizabeth class of aircraft carriers and set this company up to deliver combat capability for the UK.
01:17 - 02:07
Speaker 6
I'm Graham Booth. I'm the co-founder of a software company called 2iC and we focus on digital interoperability. So that's connecting and controlling systems and devices that weren't originally designed to work together. And we're very much focused on where those systems operate away from built infrastructure, so primarily focused on the battle space. Myself, I started my career as a computer programmer.
I worked my way through various roles in the tech industry and I've spent about half my career working with defence and the other half in sectors such as fintech, insurance, and education. Unlike many others in the sector, I've never served in the military. I've always just been in the software world. I'm the tech guy, but with a real interest in the military and particularly with the company 2iC, we really focus on how we deliver value to frontline operators.
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