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03 Jan 2024
Adarga Joins Atlantic Council’s Commission on Software-Defined Warfare
Adarga, the British AI leader in information intelligence, has been invited to join the Atlantic Council’s newly formed Commission on Software-Defined Warfare.
The Commission has been established by the US-based Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and its Forward Defense programme to help ensure the US and its allies can obtain, harness, and continuously update the transformative software-defined capabilities required to maintain their competitive edge in an age of strategic competition.
Co-chaired by 27th US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, former Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Christine Fox, and President of Purdue University Mung Chiang, the Commission will be informed by leading figures from across government, industry, and academia. The Commission will be directed by Stephen Rodriguez and supported by Forward Defense Program Director Clementine Starling and Deputy Director Kathryn Levantovscaia respectively. Rob Bassett Cross, CEO of Adarga, has been selected as the sole commissioner from the UK defence tech industry.
Together the Commission will consider how the US Department of Defense and its allies approach security competition through the lens of software-defined warfare, more effectively leverage modern software practices, and integrate cutting-edge technology into current platforms to optimise and improve military capabilities.
Adarga CEO Rob Bassett Cross has been invited to represent Adarga and an allied perspective on the Commission. Speaking on the appointment, he said:
“The fundamental basis of military power in our information age is a nation’s ability to innovate faster than its adversaries. Our near-peer competitors recognise all too clearly the transformative impact software can have on and off the battlefield and the outsized impact it has on the balance of military power. It is therefore essential the US, the UK and our closest allies modernise what remain out-dated, platform-centric approaches to capability development and harness their leading, highly innovative commercial technology ecosystems at even greater pace.”
“I look forward to participating in this vital commission, working with this brilliant group of partners to help shape and drive change that supports our collective national security.”
Air Marshal (retd.) Sir Chris Harper, Chair of the Adarga Advisory Group, noted:
“Adarga is playing a vital role in delivering information and decision advantage to allied nations with the deployment of its cutting-edge AI software. Adarga’s expertise will be crucial to shaping the important work the Atlantic Council Commission is undertaking as we pave the way for a new era of modern defence capability. We will all be working with renewed urgency to harness and employ innovative software at a pace that will allow us to retain a competitive edge over the very real risks posed by our adversaries.”
The commission will formally launch on January 17th.
