Derrick Henry
The U.S. Army has awarded artificial intelligence tech provider Seekr two contracts to provide generative AI, large language models and machine learning capabilities for military applications and mission-critical use cases.
Awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research, or SBIR, program, the contracts intend to advance military-grade AI tech and support the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense’s “Trusted AI and Autonomy” initiative, Seekr said Thursday. They will accelerate the deployment of AI/ML technologies for situational awareness and warfighter decision support.
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Operationalizing Commercial AI
“Trustworthy, accurate, and explainable AI at the tactical edge will transform how the Army makes real-time, high-stakes decisions on the battlefield,” according to Seekr President Rob Clark. He added that the SBIR awards will operationalize commercial AI, enabling the U.S. military to “modernize warfighting, improve efficiencies, and most importantly, increase lethality.”
Developing Future AI/ML Capabilities
Under a Phase II award, Seekr will help the Army develop and deploy advanced analytics for Project Linchpin, the service’s program to build future AI/ML capabilities. The company will deliver LLMs to detect bias, correct inaccuracies, combine multimodal data and refine information into actionable intelligence. Meanwhile, a Phase I award involves the development of AI/ML tools for edge and austere environments. For the effort, Seekr will employ its expertise in translation, summarization, and synthetic data generation and explore retrieval-augmented generation, adversarial validation, compute optimization, and collaborative AI for autonomous systems.
The new contract awards support efforts by the Army to test AI/ML operations and equip the U.S. warfighters with secure and trustworthy AI capabilities.
