Artificial Intelligence

Mattermost has launched an artificial intelligence platform designed to help government, defense and critical service organizations integrate OpenAI API standard-compatible large language model capabilities into their collaboration environment to accelerate workflows and generate actionable insights from chats, third-party tools, calls and other collaboration data. The company said Thursday Mattermost Copilot could enable organizations to use […] More

Bryan Eckle, chief technology officer at cBEYONData, said organizations should first identify their data goals in artificial intelligence projects before they start cleaning up and organizing their data, CIO reported Wednesday. “You can back up and start with, ‘What kind of questions do we want to be able to answer?’” Eckle said. “Then from there, […] More

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works unit and the University of Iowa’s Operator Performance Laboratory have demonstrated the use of artificial intelligence in air-to-air tactical intercepts using OPL’s L-29 Delfin jets. Skunk Works and OPL performed eight test cases per flight to test the AI platform in head-to-head fights, missile defeat and missile support situations, off-aspect encounters […] More

Carahsoft Technology and Yurts have forged an agreement allowing the former to distribute the latter’s generative artificial intelligence platform to the government sector. In a statement Tuesday, Michael Adams, sales director at Carahsoft, said, “Carahsoft is thrilled to partner with Yurts to bring its GenAI solutions to our Government customers through the support of our reseller network. We […] More

Clint Crosier, director of aerospace and satellite at Amazon Web Services, said geospatial analytics, spacecraft design and constellation management are the three key areas where generative artificial intelligence could be used in the space domain, SpaceNews reported Friday. “Whether you’re designing a satellite, rocket or spacecraft, you’re letting the generative AI go out and do […] More

IBM Research and NASA have developed an artificial intelligence model that could help detect and predict natural disasters and severe weather patterns, improve spatial resolution on global climate simulations and create targeted forecasts using localized observations, among other applications. NASA said Wednesday the AI model, called the Privthi-weather-climate foundational model, will be unveiled later this […] More

Northrop Grumman has entered into an agreement with NVIDIA to access and use the latter's portfolio of artificial intelligence and generative AI platforms to advance the development of advanced systems. The defense contractor said Thursday it will apply NVIDIA's AI technologies and other software platforms, including its 3D graphics collaboration platform Omniverse, across its portfolio of capabilities.

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Effective data categorization makes it possible to easily determine which information is essential to a given operation or decision, making the process “pivotal” to federal agencies undergoing transformation driven by an evolving technological landscape, according to Pragyansmita Nayak, chief data scientist at Hitachi Vantara Federal. Effective categorization also brings the added benefits of improving stakeholder […] More

BAE Systems has hosted a hackathon to advance geospatial intelligence technology in a bid to improve artificial intelligence-enabled missions. The company said Monday the event is part of its Mission Advantage Program and includes leading AI and data fusion companies such as Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft. Participants demonstrated GEOINT capabilities, with companies identifying services and frameworks to […] More

For General Dynamics Information Technology President Amy Gilliland, one of her company’s most noteworthy contracts in 2023 was winning the recompete of a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid deal that sought to modernize the agency’s accounting system. Gilliland, a 2024 Wash100 winner, said Thursday in an interview with Nextgov/FCW that the contract would see GDIT […] More