REG-Defence Holdings Plc: Defence Technologies to Showcase Sovereign-AI Capabilities at NATO Task Force Maven Industry Day and Deepen Collaboration with Google Cloud at the Digital Sovereignty Summit

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22 October 2025

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Defence Holdings PLC

(“Defence Holdings” or the “Company”)

Defence Technologies to Showcase Sovereign-AI Capabilities at NATO Task Force
Maven Industry Day

and Deepen Collaboration with Google Cloud at the Digital Sovereignty Summit

Defence Holdings PLC (LSE: ALRT),                     the UK-listed defence
technology group has been invited to showcase Defence Technologies’
sovereign-AI capability, Project Ixian, at the NATO Task Force Maven Industry
Day on 21 November 2025 at SHAPE Headquarters.

The invitation places Defence Technologies among a select group, demonstrating
operationally ready AI capabilities to senior NATO, Allied Command
Transformation (ACT), Allied Command Operations (ACO), and national defence
representatives driving the Alliance’s digital transformation. The event
brings together programme leads, procurement authorities and operational
commanders to identify emerging technologies for integration into the Maven
Smart System (MSS), a cornerstone of NATO’s AI modernisation effort.

The Task Force Maven Industry Day marks a key stage in NATO’s plan to embed
AI/ML, data-fusion and agile digital capability across the Alliance,
accelerating the deployment of mission-ready sovereign software within the
information domain.

At the event, Defence Technologies will present Project Ixian, an AI/ML-driven
content-assessment and decision-support platform designed to enhance the
analytical capability of systems such as MSS. Developed in partnership with
EMEA’s Public Sector Google Cloud and led by Defence Technologies’
engineering team in Belfast, Ixian applies sovereign-AI pipelines to detect,
assess and interpret open-source content, enabling faster, more informed
decisions in information operations.

All components of Ixian are developed within the United Kingdom and adhere to
NATO’s Principles of Responsible Use (PRUs) for AI in Defence. Demonstration
slots at the Industry Day are limited and by invitation only. Invites are
reserved for technologies showing near-term applicability to allied missions,
underlining the significance of Defence Holdings’ inclusion.

The presentation follows Defence Technologies’ earlier demonstration of
Ixian, alongside Google’s UK & EMEA Defence teams, at DSEI 2025, where the
capability was previewed to NATO programme executives and allied
information-operations leads. Participation at SHAPE builds directly on that
engagement, strengthening Defence Technologies’ pipeline of opportunities
across allied programmes focused on information integrity, operational
resilience and sovereign-AI integration.

Defence Technologies have been invited to participate by the EMEA Google team
in their                      Digital Sovereignty Summit in Munich on 13
November 2025, a gathering of European and allied government, defence and
industry leaders focused on sovereign AI, secure cloud infrastructure and
digital autonomy.

This consistent pattern of collaboration reinforces Defence Holdings’
position at the intersection of sovereign software and hyperscale technology,
underpinning its broader role across allied AI and cloud-sovereignty
initiatives.

Andy McCartney, Chief Technology Officer,                     commented:

“Defence Technologies is now operating at the heart of allied digital
transformation. To be invited to contribute at this level, from NATO’s AI
modernisation effort to Europe’s digital-sovereignty dialogue, underlines
that our technology and our approach are both trusted and strategically
relevant. Across our portfolio, the focus is on delivery. We’re building
technology that solves specific operational problems and taking it through the
right processes to make it usable, secure, and scalable for defence customers.
The engagement we’re seeing, from end users, industry, and allies, shows
that what we’re building is deployable and mission-critical.”

 

ENDS

About Defence Holdings PLC

Defence Holdings PLC (LSE: ALRT) is a leading listed software-led defence
company, focused on developing sovereign defence capabilities for the digital
age. The Company's five-year strategic plan, announced in June 2025, positions
it to become a leading force in software-first defence solutions.

 

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