At Red Hat, Mike Miller leads teams that deliver cloud-based solutions, high-performing Linux applications, containers and Kubernetes technologies to help solve complicated problems for the government.In this Executive Spotlight interview, Miller spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the most pressing technological conundrums facing the U.S. today, the solutions of tomorrow in this market and what he has learned about cross-sector partnership over the years, among other topics. More

BlackSky Technology has secured a $4.4 million phase two award to provide the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity with a machine learning platform created for a multiyear initiative for space-based imagery analysis. The company said Thursday its machine learning operations framework will be used to further support IARPA’s Space-based Machine Automated Recognition Technique Program, which […] More

VMware has elected technology executive, Ken Denman, to the company’s board of directors. On the board, Denman will provide his expertise and leadership experience gained from serving in the technology sector. “Ken is an experienced technologist and corporate director with deep roots in software, mobile and AI technologies," said Paul Sagan, lead director, chair of the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee.

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Kitware has landed a contract of an undisclosed sum from Defense Advanced Research Project Agency to build intelligent systems that could grow into adaptive platforms.

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Motorola Solutions has invested in Chicago-based speech recognition system developer GreenKey Technologies to help the latter build up its technology, resource and deployment processes in the public safety sector.

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T-Worx Holdings will offer its networked rail platform to help U.S. Army contractors create a new series of squad firearms.

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Z Advanced Computing has secured funding from the U.S. Air Force to implement 3D image recognition technology on unmanned aerial vehicles.

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Susie Adams, chief technology officer of Microsoft’s federal arm, has said that algorithm-driven deep learning technology can be used in a range of government activities such as predictive maintenance and fraud detection, FedTech reported Wednesday.

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Accenture opened a facility in San Antonio as part of efforts to help defense and civilian agencies deter cyber threats through security-as-a-service offerings.

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The U.S. Army is looking for potential providers of smart technologies and tools that can help military installation commanders collect and process large amounts of data from multiple sources in efforts to better manage the military service's facilities.

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Google and the Defense Department have teamed up to develop an artificial intelligence technology that would aid analysis of footage collected through unmanned aircraft systems, Gizmodo reported Tuesday. An anonymous Google spokesperson told Gizmodo that the company will provide TensorFlow application programming interfaces to help DoD analysts identify objects in UAS footage as part of the department’s Project Maven. […] More

Fortinet has introduced an artificial intelligence platform designed to automate analysis and detection of cyber threats. The cybersecurity company said Tuesday the FortiGuard AI threat intelligence tool was produced through a five-year effort of Fortinet’s research group, FortiGuard Labs, to develop automated threat analysis and detection. FortiGuard AI uses machine learning and continuous training to constantly update itself and autonomously gather, […] More