UK artificial intelligence (AI) software provider Adarga has been awarded a contract by the Defence Support organisation under UK Strategic Command to provide its Vantage software to accelerate analysis as it explores threats to UK military operations worldwide, Adarga announced on 23 September 2024.
The software’s search, discovery, and generative AI capabilities will be used to assist Defence Support analysts and leaders in delivering enriched and enhanced intelligence outputs to decision-makers, as well as to streamline work processes.
“Driving efficiency and boosting productivity is undoubtedly a key priority for defence, and human-machine teaming is a fundamental driver of this”, Adarga’s senior vice president for the public sector, Charlie Maconochie, was quoted as saying in a company press release. “We are delighted to hear that Defence Support are not only saving significant amounts of time through the use of Vantage but can also more effectively scale their research efforts and produce better results having had more time to focus on higher-level analysis,” he added.
Vantage allows its users to more rapidly interpret a large volume of curated data that has been automatically collated, contextualised, and connected – as well as translated from over 75 languages – with a tool purpose-built to augment rather than replace human intelligence. As a result, according to Adarga, Defence Support has reported an increase in the quality of its insights with the ability to access a wide range of global information that would typically remain inaccessible. This is not only broadening the organisation’s knowledge base but also introducing diverse perspectives on various topics.
Adarga’s question and answer function has also been recognised as a powerful tool by Defence Support. Its specialist capability enables users to generate natural language answers to complex questions rapidly as well as ask questions of specific outputs and reports that have been generated in the platform. The capability is powered by Vantage’s carefully calibrated large language model and features robust guardrails to ensure it is used safely and with confidence, providing citations and links back to source documents.
“Our software provides a powerful means to uncover insights that may otherwise have been missed, with the ability to interrogate and contextualise both proprietary and publicly available data in one secure place,” said Maconochie. “This is a vital capability for our armed forces, and we are proud to be supporting the Defence Support team in generating well-informed and nuanced analyses for more strategic, evidence-based decision-making.”
