Partners from the FutureG Office within the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (U.S. Department of War), and NestAI, a European AI lab for defence, joined Latvian officials at a ceremony at the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia on 30 October to launch AlliedTechLabs, a public-private initiative creating a new international technology development and validation centre for defence and dual-use technologies in Latvia, including counter UAS systems.
AlliedTechLabs will serve as a dedicated platform to develop, test, and accelerate technologies that strengthen the capabilities of Latvia and its Allies. By bringing together international academia and industry partners, the centre aims to bridge the gap between laboratory research and field-ready solutions.
“Building on Latvia’s experience hosting NATO’s Digital Backbone eXperimentation (DiBaX) since 2022, AlliedTechLabs will provide realistic test environments for NATO, Allied operators, and industry to evaluate integrated systems against real-world challenges,” according to a press release from LMT, a Latvian mobile network operators. “The centre will focus on next-generation 5G/6G networks, sensing and signal processing, AI, edge computing, and integrated communications. Beyond research and development, AlliedTechLabs will connect Latvian technology developers to the Allied Tech Stack and to EU, NATO and US 6G initiatives, providing independent expertise to guide government investment and standardisation efforts.”
For more information
https://www.lmt.lv/en
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