AIM HI Innovators’ Post

Today our first Project Mercury Innovators Forum @ NATO cohort got a real taste of the star power behind transformative innovation. Air Marshall Johnny Stringer, Deputy Commander of Allied Air Command held a rallying call to action to the cohort, empowering our teams and sharing his own energy and drive to bring innovation forward. The Air Marshal highlighted the importance of communication and outreach, and building coalitions to join the fight for innovation. He acknowledged that achieving transformative change is far from easy, however it is something we must do. We must collect energetic people in focused teams to understand the problems of our organizations. Looking from ‘across the street’ is essential to gain a different perspective and to unlock the freedom to truly understand problems that exist inside the organization. We need new thinking and practice with innovating in community and it is essential to not get ‘lost in the process’ - but to always return to what results we are trying to create. We also need to allow our innovators the freedom to explore the problem space and experiment, to which the Air Marshal offered his personal support. Innovation is not just creative thinking, it’s creative doing. We’re proud and honored by the Air Marshal’s visit, and believe it shows true innovation is supported by the highest of levels, empowering us to grow the innovation community and in turn empower our teams to pick up the challenge! #WeAreNATO #WeAreInnovators

Thorsten Claus , Kadri Tammai , #dennislewis from North Carolina Military Business Center & #scottsumner from US Defence Innovation Unit are giving advice for the hot topic 🔥#dualuse at Arctic15 . 3 points: - Dual-tech startups which are deep tech, need to excel also in business success - hyper-growth, what #dualtech investors are looking for, requires more about team management than technology management. - You need to understand both private customers and governmental procurement. - use different semi-public (e.g. national programs for acceleration in NATO countries) programs during during your growth plan before looking for the potential #VC We ♥️🌍.

Quantum technologies are strategic for different societal interest, including defense. Quantum computing, quantum sensing and quantum-secure communication (including quantum key exchange and post-quantum cryptography) are key to keep the technological edge and excellence commitments in Europe and among NATO partners. It is an honor to have contributed to the publication that celebrates the 75th anniversary of the alliance that showcases the stakeholders contributing to keep the technological edge of #NATO. In the article (Page 52 #NITECH) Harald Mannheim and I describe the role of Airbus Defence and space in the quantum ecosystem. Airbus has a strong footprint on quantum technologies: + Quantum computing: Worldwide pioneer in benchmarking of different real-life applications + Quantum sensing: Pioneer in the integration and developing of new services, including the development of enhanced maps and means for GNSS-denied navigation + Quantum-secure communication: Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC): Pioneer in crypto-agility, designer of the first European chip with post-quantum capabilities and demonstrating PQC in defence-related environments + Quantum communication: leader of the European system design activities. Innovator and end-to-end designer of the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI) Airbus is contributing to shape the next generation of secure applications and systems! Michael Schoellhorn Karen Florschütz Thierry Breton

The Software in Defense Coalition is excited to partner again with the Pacific Northwest Mission Acceleration Center - a DIU On-Ramp Hub and NATO DIANA Accelerator site - to bring this powerhouse panel led by the Honorable Ellen Lord, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, to discuss recent initiatives to draw and sustain private investment to US and NATO national security missions, talent and defense tech companies. Panelists: JR Gibbens, Chief Investment Officer, Office of Strategic Capital Tom Dallas McSorley, General Counsel, NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)  Nick Sinai, Senior Advisor, Insight Partners and Former U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer  Paul Kwan, Managing Director, General Catalyst A few days out from the NATO Summit, this timely roundtable with key officials from DoD's Office of Strategic Capital, NATO DIANA, and top venture leaders will highlight how the defense ecosystem can best engage to boost mission outcomes and transition rates for promising technology. Limited spaces so please register. This event is closed press and Chatham House rules. Register below:  https://lnkd.in/d4BGbb_g #sbir #sba #research #deeptech #startups #venturecapital #defenseinnovation #nato

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#TIDESprint'24: Advancing Interoperability! This week, NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is hosting the Think-Tank for Information Decision and Execution Sprint, or "TIDE Sprint," in Dresden, Germany. As one of NATO's leading think-tank gatherings, TIDE Sprint aims to advance interoperability and foster innovation between #NATO and Partner Nations. TIDE Sprint is part of Allied Command Transformation's Interoperability Continuum, a series of events that continuously improve NATO and partner nations' ability to communicate, cooperate, and collaborate. By bringing together operators, engineers, scientists, and academics, TIDE Sprints tackle interoperability from multiple perspectives, including people, processes, and technology. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eSupUDAi #WeAreNATO

Excellent NIAG study on how to enhance secure, resilient and sustainable availability of strategic materials and microelectronics, essential to Allied capability development and delivery!

Operating environments for NATO and the US Army tomorrow (2040) should be examined in synthetic ones today. Synthetic Environments can enable decision-making by providing an understanding of what happened, a visualization of the current situation, and the ability to conduct what-if analysis to forecast the future. If used and employed correctly - perhaps then the convergence of thinking in three separate time constructs and three separate roles that Robert Greenleaf attributes to effective leaders can be supported by technology. "The prudent man is one who constantly thinks of “now” as the moving concept in which past, present moment, and future, are one organic unity. And this requires living by a sort of rhythm that encourages a high level of intuitive insight about the whole gamut of events from the indefinite past, through the present moment, to the indefinite future. One is at once, in every moment of time, historian, contemporary analyst, and prophet — not three separate roles. This is what the practicing leader is, every day of his life” . #wargaming #modelingandsimulation #simulation #leadership #virtualworlds #nato #foresight #strategicforesight

Great to be here! The plenary today with Evonik touched a vital point: the role of critical infrastructures and #OT security in the global #cybersecurity landscape. This discussion is a clear sign of the fact that the #MDO doctrines are getting more and more aware of #ICS and #criticalinfrastructures as part of military space of manoeuvre.

So delighted to share thoughts during the 1st session of Prague 2024 Future Forces Forum with my friends General Karel Rehka, Chief of the general staff of the Czech Armed Forces, and General Andrus Merilo, Commander of the Estonian Defense Forces! A 2 hours and 30 mn panel with Q/A! I have begun with the new Reality = more, faster, everywhere and interconnected, and the need to leverage anticipation from foresight analysis to Force design to keep the edge. And the need to address the very next Future with leveraging innovation integration at a higher speed and with a continuum of experimentation (24/7) My main point was then : the Armed Forces are winning Battles, Nations are winning Wars! Future Forces need Multi-domains capabilities enabled by Digital Transformation; open architecture agnostic of sensors C2 and effectors; interoperability by design; combination of high technological equipments and affordable mass; readiness and endurance; TALENTS,… Nations are winning the wars = resilience of our people and our civilian structures and organizations vs hybrid threats, disinformation, cognitive attacks,… we need industrial production capacity to be able to deliver more when needed, resilient and safe supply chain and logistics, … we need a whole-society approach and a much more efficient civilian-military cooperation. We need a stronger EU-NATO cooperation, either to better face and endure competition and war but also to provide the Talents we need in all domains and for all the instrument of Power (not just the Military Instrument of Power) We need more partnership and multinational capabilities developments. Win as a Team !