TL;DR Despite bureaucratic and financial challenges, collaboration efforts are beginning to pay off, bridging the gap between startups and military needs. The future looks bright as these agile, tech-savvy companies push forward, promising a stronger, smarter defense system, one we can seek to emulate. We don't have to re-learn these lessons when a near peer fight becomes unavoidable. Let's provide an avenue for lessons learned by our allies in Ukraine and Israel to be analyzed and adopted, as appropriate, in the US joint force.
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Technology and National Security | BA War Studies Department, King’s College London | MSc Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford | Helsing
My Field Report: NATO- Ukraine Defense Innovators Forum (June 4 -6, 2024, Krakow, Poland) is out by the Emerging Threats Group, Oxford Changing Character of War Centre. https://lnkd.in/d9dk7DDt The report higlights key points such as - Allied Interoperability, Procurement Innovation - Agile Capabilities: NATO DIANA, NIF Ecosystem - Lessons for Beyond the Ukraine War This forum reinforced the importance of accelerating work in the private sector -with government support- on critical defense tech innovations in Europe and beyond!
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The latest insights into NATO's strategic priorities highlight evolving opportunities for industry collaboration across defense and security sectors. As NATO members continue to adapt to emerging challenges, companies can play a key role in advancing innovation, interoperability, and resilience across allied forces. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/eCeMrqwy
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Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology at Hudson Institute
The Pentagon cannot roll back technology or out-build an opponent like China, so US forces will need to gain an edge through operational creativity and leveraging the software and commercial industries that make America’s economy the world’s largest and most vibrant. The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) leads the DoD's pursuit of a software-defined force that can evolve to stay ahead of rivals. Yesterday, I sat down with CDAO Dr. Radha Plumb, Deputy CDAO Margaret Palmieri, and defense industry representatives on how CDAO can help give US forces a needed advantage against 21st century opponents. Watch our full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/er_b2Yv7
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Exclusive: Tencent is in talks to sell a stake in British start-up Hadean, which is developing AI and simulation tools for the Ministry of Defence and NATO Tencent invested more than two years ago - in a deal we first revealed - as part of a $30m funding round. However, Hadean said its shift towards defence work and the changing "geopolitical situation" had led it to seek to replace the company as a shareholder. Read the full story on the The Telegraph https://lnkd.in/eUKByYkD
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Palantir Technologies has expanded its reach with the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to enhance AI and mission capabilities. This one-year agreement, valued at $36.8 million, designates Palantir as the lead software integrator for Mission Command System
Palantir is expanding its contract with the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to deliver advanced AI and Mission Manager capabilities. This contract is the result of the trust built over more than a decade of collaboration between our communities and is a reaffirmation of Palantir’s long-standing commitment to delivering the most capable and reliable software solutions for the Warfighter. https://lnkd.in/e9wjP3ty
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Palantir is expanding its contract with the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to deliver advanced AI and Mission Manager capabilities. This contract is the result of the trust built over more than a decade of collaboration between our communities and is a reaffirmation of Palantir’s long-standing commitment to delivering the most capable and reliable software solutions for the Warfighter. https://lnkd.in/e9wjP3ty
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NATO's Digital Foundry project aims to foster collaboration on cutting-edge technologies with industry, nonprofits, and alliance stakeholders, says NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) CTO Antonio Calderon. Read full story: https://lnkd.in/eCeMrqwy --- #Technology #NATO #NCIA #MultidomainOperations
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A leading British defence start-up is scrambling to cut ties with a Chinese investor that was last week blacklisted by the Pentagon. Hadean, which makes artificial intelligence (AI) and simulation tools used by the Ministry of Defence and Nato, is urgently seeking new investors to replace Tencent. The Chinese technology giant was last week placed on a Pentagon blacklist by US defence officials, which labels Tencent a “military” company. The US said the designation was aimed at “highlighting and countering the People’s Republic of China’s military-civil fusion strategy”.
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Head Of Planning, Economics & IT Department at DDR&D (MAFAT) | Open Innovation| Dual-Use Technologies | Globes 40Under40
“How Ukraine Rebuilt Its Military with Innovation and Speed 🚀” ✨ The Big Picture: The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) report “How Ukraine Rebuilt Its Military Acquisition System Around Commercial Technology” reveals how Ukraine transformed its defense capabilities by leveraging private-sector innovation, streamlining processes, and focusing on battlefield demands (written by Kateryna Bondar). 🔥 Why It Matters: Facing existential threats, Ukraine’s defense strategy shifted radically, cutting timelines from years to weeks. Here’s how they did it: • Private-Public Synergy: Harnessing commercial and dual-use technologies for rapid battlefield deployment. • BRAVE1 Platform (runs by Nataliia Kushnerska) : A government-supported ecosystem uniting startups, private capital, and defense industries for collaborative innovation. • Streamlined Processes: Adoption and deployment timelines reduced drastically, getting systems into soldiers’ hands faster. 🔑 Key Insights: 1️⃣ Shortened Acquisition Cycles: • Requirements, prototyping, and adoption into service now take weeks, not years. This agility has proven critical for real-time battlefield relevance. 2️⃣ Empowered Ecosystem: • Platforms like Brave1 have fostered unprecedented collaboration between engineers, startups, and the military, driving rapid innovation and iteration. 3️⃣ Off-the-Shelf Deployment: • By focusing on mature technologies, Ukraine bypassed lengthy R&D cycles, deploying cost-effective solutions directly to the frontlines. 🌐 What’s Next? Ukraine’s transformation offers a blueprint for modernizing defense innovation globally. Speed, collaboration, and adaptability aren’t just goals—they’re imperatives. 🔗 Dive Deeper: Check out the full report (attached) and Brave1 platform (google it). 💬 What’s your take? Can this model inspire defense innovation worldwide? Let’s discuss! #DefenseTech #Innovation #DualUse #Ukraine #MilitaryTransformation #NationalSecurity
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Innovation Business Development, Tech Disrupter, Software Entrepreneur, Retired RCAF Pilot and NATO AIRC2 SME
Friday after noon musings, we need to start a grassroots movement in support of NATO warfighters. Innovation has been taken over by discussion and focus, especially financially, on "Deep-Tech." While I do not dispute that complex and developing technologies like Quantum, AI etc will be important and definitely need research dollars to day to bring them to useable fruition in future years, we have completely handicapped dollars going to simple tools that can greatly aid our warfighters today! For example, "Yes! I need to figure out how humans can live on Mars BUT can I just have a few dollars to automate this time crippling data-entry process today?" Someday soon AI will process mounds and mounds of data and aid in human decision making BUT a warfighter would tell you, "Right now I have a dozen people banging away on keyboards for three weeks entering a FRoB for this upcoming exercise. These people are really skilled in their areas of expertise, and I need them employing it NOT doing data entry!" Right now, NATO warfighters cannot free "nickels to kill today's elephants!" So how about a new term, a hybrid approach, a "dual use" approach, if you will? Let's call it "Shallow Tech" the less cool but VERY impactful cousin of "Deep Tech" and MUCH cheaper! Innovation IMO helps Today AND works towards Tomorrow, but we need to Win TODAY to get to Tomorrow!!! Thoughts? NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) NATO DIANA The NATO Innovation Network (NIN) Adam Lackey Michael Trautermann NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) NATO Innovation Hub NATO Headquarters Arnel David Caleb Walker R. Troy Warshel Houston Cantwell Ilmars A. Lejins #shallowtech #innovationtoday #innovationrightnow #anythingthathelpsusfixtodaysproblemstoday
It’s encouraging to see collaboration between startups and the military paying off. It’s encouraging to see collaboration between startups and the military paying off, especially internationally. I guess everyone has bureaucracy to deal with, even in wartime.