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Singapore’s DIS and DSTA have partnered with IBM to explore quantum computing approaches for mission planning and logistics optimisation challenges.
The collaboration will provide DIS and DSTA engineers with hands-on experience using IBM quantum computing resources to evaluate potential applications.
The initiative aims to build quantum computing expertise in Singapore’s defence ecosystem and assess future operational use cases.
Press release – The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS) and Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) have partnered IBM to explore the use of quantum computing for complex mission planning, such as logistics optimisation use cases. Mission planning often requires balancing numerous operational constraints, resources and timelines, and quantum optimisation could eventually help solve such complex planning problems more efficiently than conventional approaches.
