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Robert Gordon, a military and health care industry leader, has joined federal health information technology platforms provider Document Storage Systems as senior strategic leader for artificial intelligence and digital innovation. Gordon will help expand the development of AI-enabled platforms for the Department of Veterans Affairs, DSS said Tuesday.
Verizon has incorporated C-Band coverage and deployed redundant Wi-Fi and other connectivity platforms and services to support North American Aerospace Defense Command’s initiative of helping children track the whereabouts of Santa Claus on Christmas Eve via a toll-free hotline. Verizon said Tuesday it will provide 5G connectivity service to the command's commercial network and supply equipment, including Wi-Fi jetpacks, Cradlepoint routers and Verizon Frontline mobile assets, to enable volunteers to quickly respond to children’s calls as part of the NORAD Tracks Santa initiative.
Vincent DiFronzo, senior vice president of the Air Force, DOD Agency, Combatant Command business unit at Science Applications International Corp., said there are five ways organizations can prioritize military veterans and their families and the first two are through corporate leadership and human resources programs. “Companies with the most successful veteran hiring initiatives and employee resource groups are those led by veterans or military family members themselves,” DiFronzo wrote in an opinion piece published Monday in Stars and Stripes.
Parsons has developed artificial intelligence-based software designed to provide combat advantage to warfighters deployed at the tactical edge by allowing them to simulate the cyber and electromagnetic activities operational environment. The company said Thursday its TEMPO software has been integrated into the U.S. Army’s live events.
Register here to attend the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit on March 21 and hear federal leaders and industry experts discuss the latest developments in the field.
Mack Defense has selected BAE Systems to provide an alternative propulsion system for use on prototypes for the U.S. Army’s Common Tactical Truck program. “The U.S. Army requested industry to provide solutions to maximize operational efficiency of the Common Tactical Truck in areas such as fuel demand reduction in order to help inform the final requirements for the program,” David Hartzell, president of Mack Defense, said in a statement published Tuesday.
ScienceLogic has introduced a major update to its artificial intelligence for information technology operations platform, SL1. The release of the Hollywood update will enable the integration of AI and automation capabilities into SL1’s user interface, accelerating the generation of actionable insights using data collected from hybrid cloud environments, ScienceLogic said Wednesday.
A new Splunk study has found that 83 percent of public sector organizations are using artificial intelligence and 48 percent of respondents in the public sector said they consider trust and reliability in AI-enabled platforms as top concerns for decision-makers.
Register here to attend the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit on March 21 and hear federal leaders and industry experts discuss the latest developments in the field.
SpaceX and SEOPS will launch small satellite missions under four task orders awarded by NASA under the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare launch services contract. SpaceX received three of the four task orders and will provide launch services for the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 satellite as well as the Dione and ARCSTONE satellites under the CubeSat Launch Initiative, the space agency said Wednesday.
Mitre has worked with Red Balloon Security and Narf Industries to develop a threat model designed to provide device manufacturers, asset owners, testing organizations and security researchers a knowledge base of cyberthreats to critical infrastructure embedded devices. The EMB3D Threat Model is a framework that provides security mechanisms meant to help device vendors mitigate cyberthreats, Mitre said Wednesday.
Leidos concluded the on-orbit demonstration of the Lonestar tactical space support vehicle designed to provide space-based situational awareness for warfighters. Leidos said Tuesday its subsidiary Dynetics developed the Lonestar TSSV for the U.S. Army under a contract awarded in 2018.
Brian Hobbs will oversee business development, deal shaping, sales and proposal management initiatives as business development lead at Accenture's federal services arm. He succeeds Michael Fox, who transitions to the role of chief capture executive at Accenture Federal Services.
Don Parente, vice president of public sector sales and solution architecture at MetTel, said the U.S. Mint and other federal agencies should begin planning amid the looming retirement of plain old telephone services and other copper telephone lines. According to Parente, the Federal Communication Commission recently permitted local exchange carriers to shut down copper wires, a move that is accelerating the issuance of disconnect notices to agencies.
