The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has kicked off its geospatial accelerator program with eight selected startups that will be tasked to develop technologies in support of the sector. NGA said Monday it partnered with the Missouri Technology Corp. to launch the third cohort of its 13-week initiative, which is operated by Capital Innovators. Under the NGA […] More

Intel, Analog Devices and Micron have joined a Mitre Engenuity-led alliance to help further build up the U.S. semiconductor industry by accelerating microelectronics research, development and prototyping. The Semiconductor Alliance seeks to engage with companies and academic institutions to advance a whole-of-nation approach to innovation, ensure supply chain resilience and safeguard intellectual property amid global […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Agency has launched a $10.5 million effort led by General Electric‘s technology research and development arm to accelerate software certification for military and industrial systems. The company said GE Research, under DARPA’s Automated Rapid Certification of Software or ARCOS program, is working with GE Aviation Systems, Galois and Guardtime Federal to […] More

Pramod Raheja, co-founder and CEO of Airgility, delivered a keynote speech at a culminating event for the third iteration of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s program with a startup accelerator organization. The demo event took place Wednesday on Zoom and included presentations from 10 early-stage businesses that were part of The U.S. Air Force […] More

Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division and its industry partners are launching a new initiative to offer entrepreneurs and small businesses the opportunity to market patented technology designed by scientists in the U.S. Navy. PROPELS Accelerator was developed in collaboration with nonprofit center The Mill, defense consultancy firm Dioltas and the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum to […] More

As artificial intelligence and machine learning expand their footprints in the public and private sectors, organizations are increasingly finding that the technology is a top priority for success. A recent survey conducted by cloud computing company Rackspace Technology found that 62 percent of respondents identified AI/ML as a high priority for their organization and up to 72 […] More

Amazon Web Services has added data security company Code-X to a co-sell program that seeks to help members drive revenue growth through partnerships with the AWS sales team and other participants. Code-X’s data security technologies will be among AWS’ offerings through the former’s participation in the Independent Software Vendor Accelerate program, Code-X said Thursday. AWS’ […] More

Gartner has identified hyperautomation, accelerated legacy modernization and composable government enterprise as among its top 10 government technology trends for 2022. The Connecticut-based consulting firm said Monday that chief information officers must be aware of these trends to anticipate possible disruptions, scale digital transformation efforts and direct digital investments. Gartner predicts that 25 percent of […] More

An accelerator program backed by the Department of the Air Force’s digital transformation office is inviting startups and small businesses to submit applications for the first cohort focused on digital data strategies. The Ogden Catalyst Accelerator said Wednesday it is seeking vendors with novel technologies and methodologies that could help advance the development of an […] More

The Catalyst Accelerator, a Colorado-based industry accelerator sponsored by the U.S. Space Force and the Air Force Research Laboratory, has selected eight small businesses for a group tasked to help the service branch develop a hybrid data architecture. The accelerator said Friday its Hybrid Data Movement cohort will support USSF and AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate […] More

With the growing list of actors in the space domain – across industry and government in the U.S. and worldwide – competition is intensifying and rapid technological innovation is needed to achieve and sustain dominance over adversarial forces and other global powers. “Space is not a benign environment, and our old ways won’t keep up,” […] More

Boeing is adopting digital design processes to build the T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft at its production facility in St. Louis, Defense News reported Friday. “Everything’s in 3D, everything’s digital,” said Paul Niewald, a vice president at Boeing and T-7 program manager. “It’s an authoritative source of data. So our technical publications, our flight manuals, […] More