Company
Date Published
Jan. 22, 2025
Author
Ulrik Stig Hansen
Word count
359
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The Royal Navy's Office of the Chief Technology Officer launched Project Stormcloud, a challenge to global tech companies Microsoft and AWS to demonstrate cloud-based technology in the defence industry. Encord was part of this consortium, providing critical computer vision infrastructure to support the project, enabling automation of visual tasks and real-time intelligence analysis. The collaboration allowed for the application of AI for instant on-the-ground intelligence pictures. This experience has been beneficial for Encord as a company, gaining insight into using data effectively for mission objectives and learning how applications can be used for real-time situation awareness. The partnership will continue to progress over the next year with ideas from across Defence incorporated to demonstrate how technology can be made accessible to sailors and Royal Marines.