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UK robotics, defense companies can use Front Door to notify regulatory issues

( January 16, 2026, 10:29 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: UK developers of robotics and defense technology now have a new way to flag regulatory barriers, as the government’s Regulatory Innovation Office opens Front Door, an experimental process for collecting views on regulation. The technology ministry said on Friday that Front Door will make it so that a company dealing with multiple approvals — across areas such as aviation and data protection — can work on all of them, directly with the RIO. The Front Door pilot will last four weeks, with the aim to launch the full version by early summer.Statement follows:...

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