Tag: Ukraine

UK, Ukraine sign AI pact linked to battlefield data

Posted on   |  by Sam Tabahriti
Britain has signed a partnership with Ukraine to jointly develop artificial intelligence tools for defence and security, giving British researchers access to a Ukrainian battlefield data platform used to...

Mick Ryan on Ukraine’s defence innovation system

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Major-General Mick Ryan spent 35 years in the Australian Army. Since retiring from service, he was appointed the Lowy Institute inaugural senior fellow in military studies and has been...

Sypaq Systems’ 30-year journey to ‘overnight success’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Melbourne-based engineering outfit Sypaq Systems became the overnight innovation success story of 2023 with the launch of its flat-pack, cardboard drone to the frontlines in Ukraine. But like many...

Kersti Eesmaa’s push for a Cyber Civilian Reserve

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Kersti Eesmaa is well known to the local cybersecurity community as the former Ambassador of Estonia to Australia who is now a driving force behind a push to create...

Ukraine, battlefield data and Aussie startup Panop

Posted on   |  by James Riley
When Canberra startup founder Rhys Kissell arrived back in Australia from visiting a defence technology showcase in Ukraine, he joked with friends that you can’t walk down the street...

Lessons from Ukraine’s defence industry ecosystem

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A necessary by-product of the ugly war in Europe is that in three years Ukraine has built perhaps the most productive and vibrant defence industry startup ecosystem in the...

How Australia can supercharge defence innovation efforts

Posted on   |  by Henry Campbell
‘High-tech trench warfare’ was an oxymoron – until Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. On Ukraine’s battlefields, Cold War artillery meets 21st-century innovation. Shells fall while AI-enabled drones...