Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) signed a contract with Oracle for an Oracle Cloud Isolated Region that supports the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).

The collaboration between DSTA and Oracle will enable MINDEF and the SAF to gain access to high-performance, air-gapped, and secure sovereign cloud computing, data management, and artificial intelligence (AI) services in a secured environment. The use of Oracle Cloud Isolated Region will transform the Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4) functions of the SAF, and will modernize its digital capabilities with increased scalability and performance.

Under this agreement, the Digital and Intelligence Service can use Oracle’s air-gapped cloud services to accelerate innovation and deployment of AI for the SAF’s missions. Oracle Cloud Isolated Region is a sovereign air-gapped hyperscale Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) region that offers the same services that are available in a public OCI region. Oracle Cloud Isolated Region is completely disconnected from the internet and provides MINDEF and SAF with a scalable, secure, and resilient environment to enhance insights and enable faster decision-making.

“The demand for secure and scalable cloud solutions is growing. It is more than just data storage and computing—it will be the foundation for a lot of innovation. Through this pilot collaboration with Oracle, we will harness advanced cloud and AI technologies to digitalise and transform our operations,” said Mr Ng Chad-Son, Chief Executive of DSTA.

“Oracle has safeguarded the world’s most sensitive data for decades. We are pleased to bring this expertise to support the Singapore defence community’s missions,” said Rand Waldron, Global Defense CTO, Oracle. “Our air-gapped, isolated cloud regions bring the capabilities of our public cloud and defense ecosystem to the world’s most secure networks. Oracle is built to deliver the highest levels of security and performance for governments around the world.”

Oracle delivers AI and a full suite of 150+ cloud services across dedicated, public, sovereign, and hybrid cloud environments anywhere in the world, including air-gapped infrastructure on classified networks.