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DDR&D at the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD), together with the IDF Technology and Logistics Directorate, is seeking to evaluate technologies that enable a continuous supply of drinking water for units and soldiers operating under conditions of logistical disconnection and limited access to potable water. Companies are invited to submit technologies as part of the startup program Innotal. The selected company will receive NIS 200,000 to conduct a pilot. Learn more and apply >>>

🤝 Competition vs. cooperation: Japan’s #MNOs collaborate to deliver life-saving early warnings 🛟 Read keys finding from the GSMA #M4H report - "Japan's Early Warning System: The Role of Mobile Network Operators". ✅ Shared technical specifications ✅ Joint operational guidelines ✅ Coordinated testing and drills ✅ Mutual aid arrangements during crises ✅ Shared restoration assets The result? Consistent alert delivery and faster service recovery across ALL networks when disaster strikes. This collective approach by Japan MNOs such as NTT DOCOMO, KDDI Corporation, SoftBank Group Corp. and Rakuten Mobile, Inc. is a model for other disaster-prone regions worldwide. Read the GSMA #Mobile4HumanitarianInnovation report for full insights: https://lnkd.in/e8VC_Veg

Vodafone’s satcomms joint venture with AST SpaceMobile, ‘SatCo’, has named Daniel Thomas as Head of Sales and Commercial Operations. He has been drafted in from Vodafone, where he spent the past decade in a series of innovation and transformation roles. Read more on TelcoTitans - Vodafone’s European satco takes step towards launch with first hire: https://lnkd.in/eKqzhKpg #TelcoTitans #Vodafone

Ashok Atluri (Chairman & Managing Director, Zen Technologies), Chair PHDCCI Defence & HLS Committee, emphasised that there’s no dearth of talent, competence as well as funding, all we need is the will to move ahead and design, develop and make in India, the technogically advanced warfare systems. A lot of deep-tech funding has already been done via the new RDI (Research, Development and Innovation) Fund launched by GoI in Nov 2025. #ZenTechnologies #MakeInIndia #DefenceInnovation #AtmanirbharBharat #DeepTech #RDI #FutureWarfare #IndigenousDefence #DefenceManufacturing

[FMBTech: 2nd General Assembly in Warsaw, Poland]   The Technologies for Existing and Future Main Battle Tanks consortium (#FMBTech), launched to digitize the capabilities of current and future battle tanks, met on 3 November 2025 in Warsaw for its 2nd General Assembly, with DG DEFIS and the French and Polish Ministries of Defence in attendance. Hosted by OBRUM at the Warsaw School of Economics, this milestone meeting served as a key checkpoint to share early lessons learned from the launch of Phase 2 and to align the roadmap ahead.   In just one year, the project: ✅ has already consolidated its Concept of Operations ✅ refined key use cases aimed at improving how information is delivered to the crew—enabling faster decision-making and ethically robust choices.   🤝 Coordinated by Thales, FMBTech brings together 26 partners (including 8 SMEs and 7 RTOs) from 13 EU Member States and Norway, with a total budget of €19M under the European Defence Fund (EDF 2023). 🎯 The objective: to develop modular, adaptable “technology bricks” that enhance the effectiveness, safety, and cost control of current and future MBTs, in increasingly complex combat environments.   #EuropeanDefenceFund #LandSystems #MainBattleTank #Innovation #Interoperability #DefenceTech #EUDefence #Readiness2030

The U.S. Air Force is taking a pioneering step toward QPU interoperability. In this video, Eric Ostby, Chief Product Officer at Aliro, spotlights the project working to network Rigetti and IonQ QPUs. #QuantumComputing #QuantumNetworking #SecureNetworks

Ukraine’s state defence tech cluster Brave1 and the KSE Institute have launched a joint study to map why defence innovations fail to reach frontline deployment, with an anonymous survey open to developers until 4 February. Titled “Bottlenecks of Defence Innovations on the Way to the Front”, the research targets a system under intense pressure: dozens of new defence tech solutions are emerging each month, with hundreds of teams active across R&D, testing and battlefield integration. Despite significant state and partner investment, many capabilities stall before combat use. The study will analyse friction points across the full pipeline — from R&D and testing to certification and delivery — and compare the experiences of large firms, SMEs and individual developers. The output is intended to be operational, not theoretical: data-driven recommendations on where Brave1’s funding, programmes and policy advocacy can most effectively remove barriers. In a wartime innovation ecosystem where time-to-front is as critical as technical performance, systematically identifying these bottlenecks is becoming as important as developing the technologies themselves. #defencetech #ukraine #innovationpolicy #militarytechnology

We are pleased to announce a strategic partnership between DTC, a Codan company, and Trident Research LLC to strengthen maritime communications and training capabilities. This collaboration brings together DTC’s resilient, low-latency communications technologies and Trident Research’s maritime operational readiness training, testing, and evaluation solutions. Together, we are focused on advancing mission-critical capabilities for the Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) market and supporting distributed maritime operations across the U.S. and allied forces. Through this partnership, DTC and Trident Research will deliver integrated solutions that enable secure, reliable communications in contested and denied environments, while enhancing operational testing, evaluation, and training across live, virtual, and constructive domains. We look forward to working closely with Trident Research to support maritime readiness and demonstrate these integrated capabilities together in the near future. Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/eh8UPbnV #DTC #ACodanCompany #innovation #fieldtested #MaritimeCommunications #USV #DefenseTechnology #MissionCritical #MaritimeOperations

DTC | A Codan Company has announced a partnership with Trident Research LLC which will deliver integrated solutions that support secure, reliable communications for the Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) market. By combining DTC’s resilient, low-latency communications technologies with Trident Research’s proven global maritime training and testing systems, the partnership addresses growing demand for integrated capabilities that span both operational and training domains. Michael Peach, Vice President of Business Development at DTC said: “Partnering with Trident Research strengthens our ability to support the USV market and the broader maritime community with resilient communications and mission-relevant training technologies that enhance readiness and operational confidence."

With growth comes great new partnerships. 🤝 Proud to share the strategic partnership between DTC and Trident Research— combining resilient, low-latency communications with maritime training, testing, and evaluation expertise. Together, we are advancing mission-critical capabilities for Uncrewed Surface Vehicles (USVs) and supporting maritime operations globally. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/eh8UPbnV #Defense #Maritime #Autonomy #USV #NavalInnovation #MissionCritical #C5ISR #SecureCommunications #AlliedForces #innovation DTC | A Codan Company