VentureScope, an IT consulting and venture investment firm, secured a Small Business Innovation Research program contract to create a startup incubator development program for the U.S. Air Force. The agreement with AFWERX is part of the service’s efforts to discover innovators within its ranks that can contribute new technologies beneficial to military missions and other […] More

Eight start-ups have completed the third cohort of a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency-backed accelerator program aimed at advancing the development of geospatial technology. As part of the initiative, the participants secured a $100,000 non-dilutive grant, obtained access to NGA’s office in St. Louis and received mentoring from subject matter experts, NGA partner Missouri Technology Corp. said […] More

Allen Badeau, chief technology officer of Empower AI, said the Department of Defense and other government agencies should treat artificial intelligence as a core technology element and as part of their foundational information technology infrastructure as they look to advance the use of AI to speed up the decision-making process. Badeau wrote in an opinion […] More

Tony Frazier, executive vice president and general manager of public sector Earth intelligence at Maxar Technologies, said acquisition contracts for the private sector have served as a key tool for the U.S. government to help supplement Ukrainian defense capabilities in the wake of Russia’s invasion, Signal Magazine reported Thursday. He and James Doggett, vice president […] More

Empower AI has introduced a set of artificial intelligence platforms designed to help federal technology professionals manage code development and other digital transformation efforts. The product suite, dubbed Empower AI Develops, uses machine learning, natural language processing, hyperautomation and proprietary algorithms to speed up code analysis and development and detect vulnerabilities in their information technology […] More

Amazon Web Services will offer cloud education and mentorship for startup companies that want to develop infrastructure management tools through the third iteration of the Sustainable Cities Accelerator program. Jeffrey Kratz, general manager of AWS’ worldwide public sector channels and alliances, wrote in a blog post published Monday the company teamed up with venture development […] More

Amazon Web Services and Red River have agreed to expand the companies’ business relationship in a push to help government and enterprise clients transition information technology operations to cloud infrastructure. Red River said Thursday it looks to expand its cloud migration and platform development experience through the new multiyear collaboration pact. The Claremont, New Hampshire-based […] More

A defense and national security business accelerator backed by the Air Force Research Laboratory and U.S. Space Force has selected eight companies to demonstrate commercial technologies designed to expand space domain awareness. Participants in the International Space Domain Awareness cohort will secure grant funding from program sponsor ONE Dev and hold in-person meetings once every […] More

Catalyst Accelerator hosted a two-week event that sought to help a cohort of businesses connect with subject matter experts on government contracting. Six companies that have not yet worked with any public sector organization took part in the Government Business Boot Camp, which featured panel discussions and question-and-answer sessions, Catalyst Accelerator said Monday. Executives at […] More

Barry Duplantis, vice president and general manager of the North American public sector at Mattermost, said government agencies should develop digital incident response playbooks to facilitate collaboration and speed up response to natural disasters and other crises. “Digital playbooks allow incident response coordinators and other first responders to plan, execute and monitor their operations through […] More

Clint Crosier, director of aerospace and satellite solutions at Amazon Web Services, said AWS and AlchemistX selected 10 startups for a four-week program meant to provide mentoring, technical and business development support to help such companies further develop their space technology platforms. The AWS Space Accelerator, which started the application process in March, will kick […] More

Parsons has introduced a digital organization that seeks to adopt a data-driven approach to delivering digital-enabled platforms to customers in national security and critical infrastructure markets. Parsons X will serve as a digital accelerator that will bring together innovation across the areas of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, digital twins, machine learning and federating data to facilitate […] More