Ontario-based artificial intelligence firm AirMatrix has appointed Walid Abukhaled, former CEO of Saudi Arabian Military Industries, to its board of directors as it expands its presence across the Middle East and North Africa. Abukhaled is expected to support AirMatrix’s efforts to deploy secure AI platforms in critical infrastructure globally. Abukhaled brings decades of senior-level leadership...
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration has launched five priority projects to develop semiconductors for military systems. The agency announced the move on Monday as part of its efforts to reduce foreign reliance and secure domestic chip production. According to a state-funded media report, the selected projects include chip development for small satellites, synthetic aperture...
Thales has signed a contract with the Republic of Singapore Navy to supply a cyber-secure, artificial intelligence-enabled mine countermeasures system through ST Engineering. Named Pathmaster, the system will include the M-Cube mission management system, towed synthetic aperture sonars and the MiMap sonar data analysis tool. The French contractor said the system, which will be deployed...
The Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information has tapped Hewlett Packard Enterprise to build South Korea’s largest, most powerful supercomputer. Named KISTI-6, the system will support artificial intelligence and simulation research and is expected to reach 600 petaflops of theoretical peak performance. According to HPE, KISTI-6 will be deployed in a government data center...
Ran Tavor, vice president and head of naval warfare systems at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, said global interest is rising in the company’s multi-layered naval defense platforms, such as the Iron Dome and Iron Beam. The executive said the platforms are increasingly drawing the attention of navies from Asia Pacific and Europe. With those regions’...
Accenture has acquired Japanese firm Yumemi in a continued bid to expand the market footprint of Accenture Song, its design and digital products unit. The terms of the acquisition, still subject to customary closing conditions, were not disclosed. In a statement on the Japanese acquisition Thursday, Accenture noted recent forecasts from Research and Markets of...
Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency has signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S.-based Windward to collaborate on maritime artificial intelligence research and development. Announced during IMDEX Asia 2025, the partnership aims to strengthen the Singapore Armed Forces’ maritime capabilities by leveraging digital technologies and enhancing technical competence through exchange programs and internships. “Partnering with...
Neuralix.ai has achieved a milestone in the Indian Army’s Surya Drishti modernization project, marking a step toward improving the South Asian nation’s border situational awareness capability. The latest milestone covers improvements in movement tracking, construction monitoring and real-time data fusion for enhanced mission responsiveness. The army initiative aims to introduce intelligent systems into the nation’s...
ST Engineering has secured contracts from Singapore’s Ministry of Defence to provide mine countermeasure unmanned systems for the Republic of Singapore Navy. The defense tech manufacturer announced Wednesday that the package will include unmanned surface vessels, autonomous underwater vehicles, a command and control center, and a simulation platform. ST Engineering said the USVs and AUVs...
Rheinmetall’s electronics subsidiary will collaborate with Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency to seek digitization opportunities that will improve training capabilities for the Singapore Armed Forces. The company said the advanced technologies to be explored under the partnership include artificial intelligence, cloud and extended reality. The collaboration will combine the two entities’ capabilities to pursue...
