NATO needs to embrace greater interoperability and artificial intelligence-enabled solutions to improve its cyber defense capabilities amid growing threats in the region, according to Dana Barnes, president of government at AI firm Dataminr. In a blog post on the Dataminr website, Barnes, a Wash100 winner, wrote that despite NATO’s initiatives to respond to cyberattacks and...
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AUKUS to Develop AI-Enabled Solution to Improve Target Detection, Decision-Making Process
The trilateral security agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States continued to advance the development of resilient and autonomous artificial intelligence technology through a new round of testing during Project Convergence Capstone Four. The U.S. Army-hosted project, a two-phase multinational experiment held in Austin, Texas, in February and March, was designed to...
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Turkey Develops ‘Steel Dome’ to Rival Israeli Air Defense System
Turkey said it now has an artificial intelligence-powered. network-centric air defense system to protect the country from regional threats. The system, dubbed “Steel Dome,” was developed by defense electronics manufacturer Aselsan, Roketsan, Sage and Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corp. under the coordination of the Defense Industry Agency, or SSB. According to an SSB announcement, the...
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AWS Highlights Generative AI Innovation at Public Sector Symposium
Innovations spurred by generative artificial intelligence took center stage at Amazon Web Services’ Worldwide Public Sector Symposium. At the event in Canberra, Donna Hutchison, executive lead of the Australian Epilepsy Project, highlighted how AWS and generative AI are aiding the development of a platform that integrates multimodal datasets to revolutionize neurological care in Australia. Meanwhile,...
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US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand Pledge to Deepen Scientific Collaboration
The top science advisers of the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have agreed to enhance collaboration on science and technology. In a joint statement, past Wash100 winner Arati Prabhakar, Office of Science and Technology Policy director at the White House, together with Angela McLean, chief scientific adviser to the U.K....
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Oracle Expands Mideast Footprint, Opens New Public Cloud Region in Riyadh
Oracle has launched a second public cloud region in Saudi Arabia, part of the company’s $1.5 billion investment to help advance the kingdom’s cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence-based economy. The Austin, Texas-based cloud services provider, which already operates a public cloud region in Jeddah, added the new center in Riyadh, with plans to set up...
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US Offers $450M Grant to Help SK hynix Build Memory Packaging Fab in Indiana
The U.S. Department of Commerce and Korean chipmaker SK hynix have reached a preliminary agreement of up to $450 million in proposed federal incentives to support the company’s construction of an advanced packaging and research plant in Indiana. The new building at the Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette will house a production line capable...
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Anduril, Sumisho Aero-Systems to Demonstrate AI-Powered Platform for Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force; David Goodrich Quoted
Anduril Industries has partnered with Sumisho Aero-Systems to demonstrate how the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force can use the U.S. defense technology company’s Lattice open software platform to enhance situational awareness and command and control capabilities. Lattice, powered by artificial intelligence, is designed to gather, analyze and filter data from various sensors and systems to provide...
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Accenture to Enhance Fiber, Mobile 5G Network Engineering Services With FiberMind Acquisition
Accenture has acquired Italian network services company Fibermind in a bid to enhance its fiber and mobile 5G network engineering services for customers. The acquisition was completed six weeks after Accenture announced its intent to buy Fibermind, which has over two decades of experience serving customers in the public and private sectors and established client...
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General Atomics Schedules First Blue Magic Netherlands Conference in November; Brad Lunn Quoted
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will hold its first Blue Magic Netherlands event in Eindhoven on Nov. 19. The conference will provide Dutch startups with partnership and funding opportunities to support their efforts to develop advanced dual-use technologies, GA-ASI said. During BMN, the aerospace company and its partners, which include Brainport Development Eindhoven, Lockheed Martin...