Defence Holdings and Oracle Launch New AI Framework for Global Defense
Defence Holdings PLC, the UK’s first software-led defense company, has formed a strategic partnership with Oracle to deliver sovereign AI solutions tailored for global defense and national security clients. This collaboration integrates Defence Holdings’ technologies with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to enhance national security while ensuring data sovereignty and scalability.
Collaboration Details
The new AI framework involves Defence Technologies, a joint venture between Defence Holdings and Whitespace, which will merge its AI applications with OCI. This combination offers hyperscale performance alongside strict national-sovereignty controls.
- Provides allied nations with secure, scalable, and cost-effective AI capabilities
- Maintains data integrity in highly regulated environments
- Supports defense agencies requiring on-premises sovereignty
Technological Components
Defence Technologies will deploy its solutions on Oracle’s distributed cloud to ensure agility and performance without compromising sovereignty. The key applications include:
- Oracle Roving Edge Infrastructure
- Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated
- Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer
“The partnership aims to give allied nations access to secure, scalable, and cost-efficient AI capabilities while maintaining data integrity across highly regulated environments.”
“By deploying its applications on OCI’s distributed cloud, Defence Technologies will be able to serve defense agencies that require on-premises sovereignty without sacrificing agility or performance.”
Oracle’s Defense Ecosystem Initiative
This alliance represents a key step in Oracle’s expanding Defense Ecosystem initiative, which focuses on accelerating digital transformation across organizations involved in national security.
Author’s Summary
Defence Holdings and Oracle’s partnership creates a sovereign AI framework that enhances defense capabilities by combining cloud power with strict data sovereignty.