A Look at 5 AI Startups Empowering Defence and Security Industry

How AI startups are disrupting the defence and security industry?

The introduction of artificial intelligence has brought a radical change in businesses across industries. From improving business outcomes to better-delivering customer experience, AI has a deep impact on every walk of life and work while taking the world to the next level. The defence and security industry is also not spared from the likes of this disruptive technology. It can bring a profound transformation to improving national security, driving economic prosperity and enhancing public safety. AI has the potential to see beyond the horizon and help personnel in safeguarding national integrity.

Already, many countries' defence departments are using AI, robotics and drone technology in many defence applications. The U.S. defence department, for instance, aims to build a more autonomous strength, pairing AI-powered systems and robotics with human military personnel to enable faster decisions and better combat results. A growing cohort of AI startups and innovators are now seeking opportunities for their technology in defence contracting.

As they leverage advanced technology to come up with innovative solutions, here are 5 AI startups that are empowering the defence and security industry.

Rebellion Defense

Rebellion Defense helps defense and national security agencies to unlock the power of data across all domains. It provides artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions for data analysis, cybersecurity and communications. Rebellion's SaaS model ensures customers gain measurable results on day one and get incredible new product features over time through iterative development and user-centered design. Its product, called ANALYZE, unifies multiple data feeds with ML algorithms to deliver real-time awareness of the information that matters the most. The company also has SECURE that fortifies defenses before adversarial attack and TRANSPORT that simplifies communications across multiple domains.

Improbable Defence

Improbable Defence is a part of Improbable Worlds, a UK-based games technology company. Improbable's Defence business enables transformative synthetic environments, bringing multi-domain mission planning and collective training together across the strategic, operational and tactical levels. It enables the most realistic and sophisticated military simulations ever experienced, minimizing the cost of preparedness and improving effectiveness on operations. Building on the foundations of SpatialOS, Improbable combines scientific modelling, advanced AI and data analytics with a flexible and secure deployment model, creating a powerful simulation platform tailored to the needs of the defence community.

Asteria Aerospace

Asteria Aerospace is a robotics and artificial intelligence startup that develops drone-based solutions to provide actionable intelligence from aerial data. It integrates the latest UAV technologies to capture data with unmatched flexibility and ease. Combined with its in-house data analytics and visualization software, Asteria can get operational productivity soaring. Apart from working with the border security force, the startup also works with paramilitary agencies and state police forces.

ShieldAI

ShieldAI provides artificial intelligence technology to the defence and security sector. The California-based company leverages decade worth of research and industry-leading talent to develop cutting-edge AI software and systems. Its solutions turn assets into intelligent teammates, enable deployment of intelligent swarms and operate on the edge without the need for reach back. Recently, ShieldAI participated in a discussion on AI for Maneuver with the Secretary of Defense and its role as one of the cornerstones of the DoD's JADC2 operating concept, along with battle management networks and hypersonics.

Centaurus Technology

Centaurus Technology provides unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of various airborn platforms for aerial surveilance, photography, reconnaissance, border patrol, search and rescue and more. The company's current focus is in the civil, military and academic sectors. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the company has developed products and services such as UAVs, flight simulators and flight simulator training, AI robots and holographic image projection. Apart from this, Centaurus Technology also builds educational and research-based products in aerospace and mechatronics fields involving real-time control system implementation aircraft design and autonomous system development.