Indian tech start-up 114 AI Innovation is one of the 10 winners who has received a single day contract for up to 53,000 pounds to fast track the development of its innovations to address key challenges within aerospace and defense industry for UK, US and NATO military leaders.
The joint UK-US pitch initiative aims to find, fund and fast-track innovation and technology that would give advantage to military personnel and operations in the space domain.
The 114 AI Innovation pitch brief for Spicewise reads: “Exploitation toolset to visualise, access and analyze multiple input streams of Data for advanced Space Command and Control using Cognitive AI.”
“This toolset enables space operations with allies and commercial partners by allowing visualization and analysis of multiple different sources of data in real-time,” it notes.
It is the first time the two countries have awarded joint defence innovation contracts to an overseas-based enterprise and also the first time same-day contracts have been awarded to the industry in this way by the UK Ministry of Defence.
