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Palantir and Ministry of Economy of Ukraine Sign Demining Partnership
New technology built by Palantir and the Government of Ukraine aims to support their goal to demine 80 per cent of potentially mined land within 10 years.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nNew technology built by Palantir and the Government of Ukraine aims to support their goal to demine 80 per cent of potentially mined land within 10 years.\n\n\n LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nPalantir Technologies Inc. has signed a partnership agreement with the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine which will pave the way for the roll-out of a digitally led demining approach backed by Palantir’s AI-enabled software.\n\n\nThe new agreement will support the Ukrainian Government in its stated goal of bringing 80 per cent of potentially contaminated land into use within ten years. The country is regularly cited as the most mined in the world.\n\n\nThe agreement makes specific provisions for cooperation in the following areas:\n\n\n\nDigitization of humanitarian demining operations and process automation as outlined in the National Mine Action Strategy for the period until 2033;\n\n\n\nEnhancing digital capabilities for coordination of land release and assessment, region prioritization, and risk management in mine action;\n\n\n\nEnabling assistance, leveraging Palantir’s Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP), for decision-making in mine action.\n\n\n\nThe software solution built by Palantir and the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine during a pilot phase last year will aid demining activity by helping the government analyse and prioritise where to focus its efforts to achieve the best humanitarian and economic outcomes.\n\n\nSecurely combining multiple data streams across the government, the platform creates a context aware data model between key infrastructure and hazards; in effect, a digital twin. This will include data from land surveys by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine, non-governmental mine clearance organizations.\n\n\nConnecting hazards to their impact to key infrastructure, like roads, hospitals, and farmlands, the platform will allow for a greater and more granular understanding of risk profile across Ukraine. Analytical tools will enable analysts from the Ukrainian government and their partners to prioritise resources based on humanitarian factors, such as proximity to critical infrastructure and large population centres, alongside economic factors such as strategically important farmland for key exports.\n\n\nThe platform will also be used to u...