Singapore and US strengthen defence ties with new AI agreement

Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen and US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin meeting at the Pentagon in the US on July 16. - PHOTO: MINDEF

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen and US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin on July 16 reaffirmed the two countries’ excellent defence relationship and mutually beneficial partnership during a meeting at the Pentagon.

The defence chiefs also discussed bilateral cooperation in new and emerging technology areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), and welcomed the signing of a statement of intent on data, analytics and AI cooperation, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) said on the same day.