REG-Defence Holdings Plc: Oracle and Defence Technologies Collaborate to Deliver AI Innovation

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06 November 2025

London, UK

Defence Holdings PLC

(“Defence Holdings” or the “Company”)

 

Oracle and Defence Technologies Collaborate to Deliver AI Innovation for
Global Defence and National Security Customers

 

Defence Holdings PLC, the UK’s first listed software-led defence company,
today announces a collaboration framework betweenDefence Technologies and
Oracle to provide access to sovereign cloud and AI solutions for global
defence and national security customers. Customers will be able to deploy
Defence Technologies’ applications across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI),
enabling them to stay ahead of adversaries and benefit from the latest
innovations, while reducing costs and increasing efficiency.

Defence Technologies, a partnership between Defence Holdings PLC and
Whitespace, a member of the                      Oracle Defense Ecosystem     
              , provides a dedicated platform to develop, integrate, and
launch sovereign AI-enabled defence software products. By collaborating with
Oracle to deploy its solutions on OCI, Defence Technologies can deliver its
sovereign AI solutions at scale.

 

“Our strategy is clear: take the world’s most trusted hyperscale platforms
and build sovereign AI products directly on top of them,” said              
       Andy McCartney, Chief Technology Officer, Defence Holdings.            
        “This Oracle and Defence Technologies collaboration demonstrates how
we can align scale, operating systems, and sovereign applications to deliver
capability throughout the UK, NATO, and allied nations.”

With OCI, Defence Technologies will be able to deploy its sovereign AI
solutions across Oracle’s distributed cloud, including Oracle Roving Edge
Infrastructure, Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated, and Oracle Exadata
Cloud@Customer, as well as benefit from Oracle’s sovereign AI solutions.
This will enable defence organisations to innovate and implement AI solutions
without compromising security or performance.

 

“Oracle is committed to ensuring its cloud can support the most demanding
missions in defence and national security,” said                      Jason
Rees, Senior Vice President, Technology Engineering, Oracle EMEA              
     . “Through our newly launched Defense Ecosystem, we are creating an
environment where sovereign innovation can scale. This collaboration with
Defence Technologies provides an immediate proof point, showing how founding
members, like Whitespace, are already leveraging the program to deliver
sovereign AI capabilities across allied nations.”

About Defence Holdings/Defence Technologies                    
          
          Defence Technologies is the strategic partnership between Defence
Holdings PLC, the UK’s first listed software-led defence company, and
Whitespace, focused on delivering sovereign defence AI and advanced technology
solutions to national security customers.

 

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