SUMMARYScaleout Systems, founded in Sweden in 2018 by Uppsala University researchers, shifted toward defense after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The company is now helping European militaries deploy AI models on small drones for target detection, selection, surveillance, and attack missions under the NATO-backed ALMA project led by BAE Systems Bofors.
As European militaries adapt to the use of AI and drones in modern warfare, a NATO-backed startup is helping to deploy AI-driven target detection and selection that can run on small drones for surveillance and attack missions.
The company Scaleout Systems was originally founded by researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden in 2018, and initially focused on training and deploying machine learning models directly on the hardware available in commercial trucks and other vehicles. But once Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the company pivoted toward defense applications.
“With the war in Ukraine and a shifting world, we realized that this technology can be very important to operationalize edge data and sensor data for machine learning to make sure that NATO allies have found that strategic advantage,” Andreas Hellander, cofounder and CEO of Scaleout Systems, told Ars.