The United States and India have agreed to launch a defense technology development competition comprising various challenges for startups in both countries. During a meeting of the India-U.S. Defense Acceleration Ecosystem senior advisory group on Tuesday, the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit and India’s Innovations for Defence Excellence announced that the first two joint prize challenges...
Security should be a core requirement in developing artificial intelligence capabilities, according to Lindy Cameron, CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre in the U.K. Appearing as a keynote speaker at the recent Chatham House Cyber 2023 conference, Cameron called on developers to anticipate security risks and embed mitigating measures when designing AI tools, the...
Defense contractor Hensoldt and Era, an air traffic management company based in the Czech Republic, are working together on a passive surveillance system for the German Air Force. On Aug. 30, the two companies announced a strategic partnership that combines their technologies and expertise to develop air surveillance and defense capabilities in response to heightened security...
Australian quantum technology companies Q-CTRL and Diraq are set to work together on several multimillion-dollar projects for government customers. One of the projects will see the companies develop new techniques to operate and optimize next-generation silicon quantum processors for the U.S. Army Research Office. Diraq, a manufacturer of silicon-based quantum computing chips, is currently leading...
The UK government has outlined its core objectives for the Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit, which will be held on Nov. 1 and 2 at Bletchley Park in England. The summit will gather select countries and various technology, academic and nonprofit groups to discuss the safe advancement of AI. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology...
Zaun, a British company that provides perimeter fencing products to military and intelligence sites, has been hit by a ransomware attack. In a statement published on its website, Zaun said the LockBit ransomware group launched the attack through a computer running the Windows 7 operating system and software for a manufacturing machine, allowing LockBit to...
Sweden’s Ministry of Civil Defence has announced an additional function and possibly more funding for the Psychological Defence Agency created earlier this year to counter malicious foreign disinformation campaigns against the country. Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin told reporters on Aug. 29 that the government plans to add a $720,000 budget annually to the agency...
German automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall delivered a Mission Master XT to the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment in August, its first customer delivery of the uncrewed ground vehicle. During field tests in Finland in March, the vehicle demonstrated Arctic mobility capabilities on icy rivers and steep, slippery banks in minus-30 degrees Celsius temperatures. According to Alain...
The United States has added to its sanctions list two individuals and one Russian company for their involvement in generating funds for North Korea’s development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed the sanctions on Moscow-based company Intellekt, Russian national Sergey Mikhaylovich Kozlov...
NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Commander Transformation has signed a memorandum of understanding with Latvia’s Ministry of Defence to allow member nations to use a 5G test site in the municipality of Adazi. Allied Command Transformation, which serves as the alliance’s military command, previously used the test site in late 2022 to conduct an operational 5G experiment....
