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Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) welcomed 10 defense technology companies into its second Defense Ecosystem cohort on Oct. 13, expanding an initiative that helps defense startups and scale-ups deliver artificial intelligence, cybersecurity tools, and autonomous systems to government and defense partners.
The program, launched in June, connects early-stage and emerging defense firms with Oracle’s secure cloud infrastructure, compliance resources, and sales channels to help them navigate the complex procurement process and accelerate deployment inside the U.S. defense department and allied agencies.
The move comes as the Government Accountability Office reports the defense department takes almost 12 years on average to deliver the first version of a weapon system.
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American Binary, a cybersecurity firm, joins the ecosystem with its Ambit Client VPN platform that defends against quantum computing attacks threatening to break current military encryption. The technology addresses Harvest Now, Decrypt Later attacks, according to the company.
Harvest Now, Decrypt Later refers to a tactic where adversaries capture encrypted data now to decrypt it later using quantum computers. The National Security Agency warned about the risk in 2022 when it introduced the CNSA 2.0 post-quantum cryptography framework.
American Binary says its solution exclusively uses algorithms compliant with commercial national security algorithm suite 2.0 standards, the U.S. government’s highest cybersecurity requirements, across authentication, key exchange, bulk encryption, and hashing. The company earned recognition in Booz Allen‘s 2024 Top 10 Emerging Technologies for the Department of Defense and National Security report.
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Airis Labs contributes user-generated field intelligence technology that transforms user-generated content into actionable intelligence for counterterrorism operations. The platform says it reduces manual review time by 95% and achieves over 90% geolocation accuracy in high-confidence footage.
Reka, a foundation model startup founded by former DeepMind and Meta FAIR scientists, brings multimodal AI capabilities to the ecosystem. The company says it focuses on vision, speech, and enterprise AI applications.
Duality Technologies provides privacy-enhancing technology enabling secure analysis of sensitive, distributed data without moving or exposing it. The company says it uses fully homomorphic encryption, federated learning, and trusted execution environments to allow organizations to collaborate on AI models while maintaining data privacy.
Israeli startup Heven AeroTech delivers hydrogen-powered drone technology offering three times longer flight durations than battery-powered alternatives. The zero-emission drones operate silently, making them suitable for surveillance and monitoring in contested environments, according to the company .
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Defense Unicorns brings its Unicorn Delivery Service platform that accelerates software deployment and authorization to operate timelines by 50% to 90% through automated, repeatable workflows. The startup says it enables secure software delivery to cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped environments.
Galvanick contributes its Extended Detection for Operational Technology platform, purpose-built to monitor industrial facilities and operational technology environments for persistent threats. According to the company, its platform contextualizes data to isolate threats from background noise and reduce alert fatigue.
Strider Technologies analyzes open-source data into strategic intelligence to help organizations navigate geopolitical risks. The company says it processes billions of documents and adds millions of new documents daily from thousands of unique data sources in multiple languages.
Scaleout Systems delivers federated learning capabilities, enabling collaborative model training across edge devices without centralizing data. According to the company, its platform supports automotive fleet learning, defense operations in bandwidth-constrained environments, and industrial Internet of Things applications.
Irish cellular core network software company Druid Software provides private 5G and 4G long-term evolution network solutions for enterprise communications, public safety, and industrial Internet of Things applications.
“Emerging threats demand fast, secure, and collaborative innovation,” Oracle Vice President Rand Waldron said in the company’s statement. “Through the Oracle Defense Ecosystem, we are committed to enabling the next generation of defense innovators to solve vital national security challenges with speed and scale.”
The expanded coalition joins 10 inaugural members already deploying solutions for the war department and allied government agencies, Oracle said.
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