Jane Edwards

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has teamed up with IBM to build a supercomputing platform designed to facilitate information discovery and neural network learning. The brain-inspired supercomputer will run on the IBM TrueNorth Neurosynaptic System’s 64-chip array and will have sensory processing and pattern recognition functionalities equivalent to 16 billion synapses and 64 million […] More

Leonardo has won a contract from NATO to build and deliver a logistics data platform under the Alliance Ground Surveillance program. The company will develop the AGS Logistics Information System through a contract signed with the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Management Agency, Leonardo said Wednesday. ALIS is designed to help NATO oversee maintenance activities and operations […] More

Lockheed Martin expects Germany and Israel to place orders for the Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion helicopter, Reuters reported Wednesday. Dan Schultz, president of Lockheed’s Sikorsky helicopter unit, told reporters at the Paris Airshow that Japan could potentially follow suit since the country flies an earlier version of the helicopter. Schultz noted that Israel has requested pricing for 20 helicopters. Germany’s […] More

NASA and Honeywell have concluded a two-year test of a technology platform designed to help supersonic jet pilots reduce noise associated with sonic booms over populated areas. The test included the integration of the Interactive Sonic Boom Display Avionics software equipped with Honeywell’s Interactive Navigation tool into a business aircraft’s avionics system, the company said Wednesday. […] More

An IBM business has teamed up with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the National Center for Atmospheric Research to develop a global model designed to predict hurricanes, thunderstorms and other weather patterns at both regional and local scales. IBM’s The Weather Company will combine its experience in meteorological science with NCAR’s community model for […] More

Boeing forecasts that the demand for government and commercial aerospace services will reach $2.6 trillion over the next decade. The company’s services market outlook unveiled Tuesday at the Paris Air Show shows potential growth in several aviation service areas such as information services and analytics; maintenance, engineering and upgrades; and professional services and training, Boeing […] More

The General Services Administration has released a request for quotation from potential vendors that can provide a proof of concept to implement and incorporate automated machine learning, Distributed Ledger Technology and artificial intelligence into the FASt Lane multiple award schedule. GSA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday it will award a small business set-aside contract for […] More