{"id":281,"date":"2024-12-12T16:21:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T16:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.thedefender.media\/?p=281"},"modified":"2025-12-11T15:37:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T13:37:01","slug":"ministry-of-defense-launches-digital-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.thedefender.media\/en\/2024\/12\/ministry-of-defense-launches-digital-army\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ministry of Defence has launched the Digital Army. What is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Defence has established a new state-owned enterprise, the Digital Army. Last week, the official\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/digital-army-ua\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">page<\/a>\u00a0of the enterprise appeared on LinkedIn, and soon afterwards the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalarmy.tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">website<\/a>\u00a0of the Digital Army was launched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, there is little information on official resources and it describes the new state-owned enterprise only in general terms. The Digital Army was established in 2024 to provide <a href=\"http:\/\/stage.thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/software-en\/\">innovative software<\/a> and hardware solutions for the development of complex defence projects. The company\u2019s goal is to combine civilian and military talent to scale up innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Digital Army website also reports that the company will help build public-private partnerships and joint projects in the following areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Creation of datasets (data collection, infrastructure, AI training);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Integration into the Ukrainian military software ecosystem;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Testing, analysis and engineering of robotics capabilities;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cybersecurity in the field of robotics, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digital Army is also listed among the partners of the Machine Offensive 2.0 hackathon organised by the Ministry of Defence in cooperation with the Defence Builder accelerator. 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