NATO Innovation Contest Seeks Military Blockchain Applications
The communications arm of the intergovernmental military alliance North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is ending a submission period for an innovation contest in which it called on applicants to submit ideas for blockchain applications. Announced in late April, NATO's Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) is hosting the 2016 Innovation Challenge in a bid to develop "state-of-the-art technology solutions", according to the group. The deadline for submissions is today, with the winners expected to be notified by 20th May. Among the solutions NATO requested were....
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