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Todd Borkey / HII
in News
HII, AWS to Develop Mission-Critical Capabilities for Defense Customers; Todd Borkey Quoted
HII and Amazon Web Services will expedite the development and delivery of next-generation sea power technologies, digital shipyard transformation projects, commercial space initiatives, warfighter training readiness and other mission-critical capabilities to defense and intelligence agency customers under a three-year strategic collaboration agreement. HII said Wednesday Todd Borkey, the company’s executive vice president and chief technology […] More
May 16, 2024, 6:34 pm
Kevin Plexico
in Government Technology, News
Deltek Study Reveals AI, Machine Learning as Top Tech Investment Areas in GovCon Market; Kevin Plexico Quoted
An annual Deltek study has found that government contractors consider artificial intelligence and machine learning their top priorities for technology investment as they intend to improve efficiency, save time and reduce operational costs. Deltek said Tuesday it surveyed nearly 650 GovCon leaders for the 2024 Clarity Government Contracting Industry Study and found that 34 percent […] More
May 15, 2024, 11:34 am
Kevin O’Buckley. Photo: Business Wire
in Executive Moves, News
Kevin O’Buckley Named Intel Foundry Services SVP, GM
Kevin O’Buckley, a more than 25-year semiconductor industry veteran, has joined Intel’s executive leadership team to succeed the retiring Stuart Pann as senior vice president and general manager of the company’s Foundry Services business segment. The company said Monday that Pann, a 35-year Intel veteran, will leave by the end of May but will stay […] More
May 14, 2024, 11:50 am
Dan Batrack
in M&A Activity, News
Tetra Tech’s Government Services Group Expands With Addition of Convergence; Dan Batrack Quoted
Tetra Tech has acquired Convergence Controls & Engineering for an undisclosed sum as part of its move to broaden its digital water and energy practices. Tetra Tech said Thursday it will integrate Convergence with its government services group. Convergence is a Littleton, Colorado-based process automation and systems integration company focused on providing advanced data analytics, […] More
May 10, 2024, 11:43 am
Ben Gianni/GDIT
in Artificial Intelligence, News
GDIT Study Finds Scalability a Top Hurdle to Moving AI Projects to Production; Ben Gianni Quoted
A General Dynamics Information Technology study has found that 58 percent of federal government leaders consider scalability issues as the primary challenge to moving artificial intelligence projects from the pilot phase to production. GDIT said Thursday its digital consulting practice polled 325 defense, intelligence and civilian agency officials and experts for the AI in Full […] More
May 10, 2024, 11:38 am
William Chappell
in Artificial Intelligence, News
Microsoft Unveils Generative AI Tool for Intelligence Community; William Chappell Quoted
Microsoft has launched a generative artificial intelligence model designed to help U.S. intelligence agencies process and analyze large volumes of classified information without relying on the internet, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. William Chappell, chief technology officer for strategic missions and technology at Microsoft, said his team took 18 months to develop the GPT4-based large language model, […] More
May 9, 2024, 11:26 am
Rocket Lab's Archimedes Engine
in Government Technology, News
Rocket Lab Kicks Off Archimedes Engine Test Campaign
Rocket Lab USA has started the test campaign for a new 3D-printed reusable engine for its Neutron medium-lift rocket at its test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The company said Monday the test campaign was initiated following the completion of the first full assembly of the Archimedes rocket engine. The Archimedes engine, […] More
May 9, 2024, 11:25 am
Chris Frye
in Industry News, News
ASRC Federal, DLA Forge Partnership to Strengthen Military Supply Chain Support; Chris Frye Quoted
ASRC Federal and the Defense Logistics Agency have signed a partnership agreement to push the implementation of joint strategies and process improvements to strengthen supply chain support to U.S. warfighters. The company said Tuesday the partnership with DLA aims to improve administrative timeliness, customer deliverables and responsiveness to the armed forces through the development of […] More
May 8, 2024, 11:40 am
Anthony Robbins
in Artificial Intelligence, News
Mitre Announces Federal AI Sandbox Capability; NVIDIA’s Anthony Robbins Quoted
Mitre is establishing a new capability to provide researchers and developers the computing power needed to train and test generative artificial intelligence, large language models and other AI tools for use in the federal government. The nonprofit organization said Tuesday it will use NVIDIA‘s DGX SuperPOD system to support its Federal AI Sandbox, which is […] More
May 8, 2024, 11:37 am
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in Government Technology, News
Maxar Intelligence, Lockheed Sign Agreement to Improve F-35 Simulator Experience; Susanne Hake Quoted
Maxar Intelligence and Lockheed Martin will streamline the purchase and delivery of geospatial products for the F-35 fighter jet’s flight simulation and training platform under a new agreement. Maxar said Monday the long-term agreement with Lockheed seeks to standardize licensing, pricing and requirements for its products, including Dynamic imagery basemaps and Precision3D Data Suite, as […] More
May 7, 2024, 11:57 am
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in Cloud, News
GSA Seeks Feedback on Draft Solicitation for Pool 1 of Ascend Cloud Services BPA
The General Services Administration has released a draft solicitation for the first pool of the potential eight-year Ascend blanket purchase agreement to meet the U.S. federal government’s needs for cloud services and related information technology professional services. The Ascend BPA is divided into three pools and Pool 1 focuses on infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service cloud offerings, […] More
May 7, 2024, 11:55 am
Seema Verma / LinkedIn
in Healthcare IT, News
Oracle Announces Full Deployment of Federal EHR System at DOD Garrison Facilities; Seema Verma Quoted
Oracle has fully deployed the MHS Genesis electronic health record system at all Department of Defense garrison facilities worldwide, supporting over 197,200 end users, more than 3,800 locations and over 9.5 million DOD beneficiaries across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific. The company said Friday the milestone was reached after the federal EHR system went live […] More
May 6, 2024, 11:54 am