Tech giant Oracle has partnered with London-based Defence Technologies, a software-led defence company, to provide access to secure cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) services for defence and national security customers.

Defence Technologies is a collaboration between Defence Holdings plc and Whitespace, a member of the Oracle Defense Ecosystem. Applications from Defence Technologies, which provides a dedicated platform to develop, integrate, and launch sovereign AI-enabled defence software products, will now be deployable across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

Andy McCartney, chief technology officer at Defence Holdings, said: “Our strategy is clear – take the world’s most trusted hyperscale platforms and build sovereign AI products directly on top of them. This Oracle and Defence Technologies collaboration demonstrates how we can align scale, operating systems, and sovereign applications to deliver capability throughout the UK, NATO and allied nations.”

With OCI, Defence Technologies will be able to deploy its sovereign AI solutions across Oracle’s distributed cloud, including Oracle Roving Edge Infrastructure, Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated, and Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer. This will enable defence organisations to innovate and implement AI solutions without compromising security or performance.

Jason Rees, senior vice president, technology engineering at Oracle EMEA, added: “Oracle is committed to ensuring its cloud can support the most demanding missions in defence and national security. Through our newly launched defence ecosystem, we are creating an environment where sovereign innovation can scale. This collaboration with Defence Technologies provides an immediate proof point, showing how founding members like Whitespace are already leveraging the programme to deliver sovereign AI capabilities across allied nations.”

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