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is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
Northrop Grumman will make a $200 million investment in the construction of a new facility in Waynesboro, Virginia, that will focus on manufacturing and testing advanced electronics. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin on Tuesday announced Northrop’s plan, which is expected to create more than 300 jobs in the city over the next five years.
Google has released a paper that offers policy recommendations for governments, industry and civil society to deliver the benefits of artificial intelligence to a wide range of people. The AI Opportunity Agenda provides policymakers, civil society and companies with a blueprint for investing in AI infrastructure and advancing innovation, building an AI-ready workforce and promoting AI accessibility and adoption, Kent Walker, president of global affairs at Google and Alphabet, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday.
The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded contracts to GE Aerospace subsidiary Innoveering and Hermeus to develop prototypes of hypersonic test systems for the Department of Defense under the Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities program. Through the HyCAT program, Innoveering will work with subcontractors Specter Aerospace and Starfighters International to build a prototype air-breathing hypersonic testbed, DIU said Monday.
The Department of Energy will work with other federal agencies and companies on a collaborative effort that seeks to harness the power of quantum technologies to advance national security, improve the economy, achieve energy security and support sustainability goals. DOE said Monday it will partner with the Department of Defense, NASA, Infleqtion, Nebula Space Enterprise and Accenture Federal Services on the Quantum & Space Collaboration.
Aeyon has received a prime contract to help the U.S. Marine Corps improve financial reporting and achieve audit readiness through the adoption of intelligent automation and data analytics tools. The company said Friday it will assist the Execution Analysis Branch of the Budget Execution Division within the USMC Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources in addressing audit issues through data quality improvement efforts.
A new General Dynamics Information Technology study has found that federal agencies recognize the potential role of artificial intelligence in defensive cyber operations, particularly in cyberthreat detection.
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.
Jim Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin and a two-time Wash100 awardee, said the U.S. needs to prevent future armed conflict by investing in digital technologies. "What we're trying to do at our company is be a bit of a path finder, to drive 21st century digital technologies into our armed forces and national defense," Taiclet told CNBC's Jim Cramer in an interview.
Jim Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin and a two-time Wash100 awardee, said the U.S. needs to prevent future armed conflict by investing in digital technologies. "What we're trying to do at our company is be a bit of a path finder, to drive 21st century digital technologies into our armed forces and national defense," Taiclet told CNBC's Jim Cramer in an interview.
A Cognosante project team has moved over 350 Department of Veterans Affairs production applications to the VA Enterprise Cloud five months ahead of the deadline. VA intended to transition its systems to VAEC by 2024 and tapped Cognosante to develop and execute a cloud migration strategy, the company said Wednesday.
IBM’s government technology subsidiary Octo will continue to conduct research and develop a machine learning operations prototype for the U.S. Army through an option year exercised by the service branch under a previously awarded broad agency announcement.
Register here to attend the Potomac Officers Club's 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 31 to hear government leaders and industry experts discuss the latest developments in military technology.
The Missile Defense Agency has released a request for proposals for a single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for data management and software support services. MDA will hold a total small business set-aside competition for the Agency Information Management and Software Services contract, which has a five-year base term and five one-year options, according to a solicitation notice published Monday.
Mitre and Microsoft have updated a community knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques that security professionals use to protect artificial intelligence-enabled tools with the addition of new vulnerabilities and case studies involving generative AI and large language models. Mitre Adversarial Threat Landscape for AI Systems features updates describing the type of attack pathways in LLM-enabled platforms that could be used to build up defenses against malicious attacks involving AI tools used in health care, transportation and finance, among other sectors, the nonprofit organization said Monday.
