US Army international AI initiatives: xTech Global and AI FIVES

The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) is sponsoring a unique international prize competition focused on identifying innovative, relevant technologies in Artificial Intelligence (AI) from non-traditional/small Business technology developers in Europe and the Middle East. The event – xTech Global AI Challenge – is an extension of the US Army’s very successful Expeditionary Technology Search (xTechSearch) program, expanding the concept for the first time to a Global audience. The purpose behind this AI Challenge is to help the DoD (and coalition partners) rapidly and effectively harness massive amounts of data in resource-constrained environments on current and future battlefields. The RFP will open to international industry in March 2021, and the pitch event will take place the on 13-15 July 2021 in London, UK in July 2021 , at the Innovation Hub (iHUB) DoD space at Imperial College London (ICL) hosted by U.S. Army and UK Defense & Security Accelerator (DASA), with support from the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory and the Army Artificial Intelligence Task Force. This talk will highlight the xTech Global event, as well as the DEVCOM Atlantic organization and their role in extending the US Army Science and Technology mission abroad. Prize competitions such as this are just one example of the many ways the US Army works with technology developers around the world to advance scientific discovery and transition of ground-breaking technologies into society.