Ukraine grants partners access to battlefield data for AI training, Defence Ministry reports

Ukraine is opening up the possibility of training AI models for unmanned systems on real battlefield data.

Source: Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

Details: The ministry reported that the Cabinet of Ministers (Ukrainian government) has adopted a resolution launching a new format for cooperation between the state, Ukrainian companies and international partners.

Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said: "The future of warfare belongs to autonomous systems. Our task is to enhance the autonomy of drones and other combat systems so that they can detect targets more quickly, analyse the situation, and help inform decisions on the battlefield."

Fedorov noted that the key to this is high-quality data for training neural networks. For this purpose, a special AI platform has been created at the Defence Ministry's Centre for Innovation and Development of Defence Technologies, which makes it possible to:

• train models securely without direct access to sensitive databases
• work with large volumes of annotated photo and video materials
• use data that is constantly updated

Quote: "Ukraine today possesses a unique battlefield dataset unavailable anywhere else in the world. It includes millions of annotated frames collected during tens of thousands of combat flights. This data is already being used to train neural networks that automatically identify ground and aerial targets in the DELTA system."

Details: The defence ministry says there is strong demand for such data among international partners and Ukrainian companies for the development and modernisation of defence technologies.

Fedorov noted that Ukraine's partners will be able to train their AI models "on real data from modern warfare", and Ukraine will be able to make more rapid progress in the development of autonomous systems and new technological solutions for the battlefield.

"We are ready to work with partners on joint analytics, model training and the development of new technological solutions," he added.

Background: In January, Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation announced the launch of Brave1 Dataroom, a secure environment for testing and training new AI models based on real frontline data.

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