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Unisys unveiled today its LineSight software for border security threat detection. The platform uses advanced data analytics and machine learning to help border agents make time-sensitive decisions regarding traveler and cargo inspections, said the Blue Bell, Penn., company. LineSight works by analyzing high volumes of the data to highlight potential threats. Such data includes visa […] More
Technical and Project Engineering has received two certifications from the International Organization for Standardization for the company’s quality management systems and project management practices. TAPE said Monday its ISO 9001:2015 certificate demonstrates that the company works to maintain the quality of its products and services, address stringent requirements and adhere to applicable laws and regulations. The ISO 21500:2012 certificate recognizes the firm’s capacity […] More
Microsoft has announced plans to integrate its Azure Stack hybrid cloud offering with the Azure Government cloud platform in mid-2018. Natalia Mackevicius, director of Azure Stack, wrote in a blog entry posted Monday the planned integration seeks to establish connectivity with Azure Marketplace as well as Azure Government subscription, identity, billing, backup and registration functions. The […] More
Melvin Greer, chief data scientist for Intel’s public sector, has said developers of artificial intelligence platforms should follow an ethical standard when it comes to programming behavior in order to prevent AI technologies from being weaponized, Bisnow reported Wednesday. “The brake has to be applied by humans,†Greer said Tuesday during a panel discussion at […] More
Boeing has announced it will establish an Australia-based development program for autonomous technologies. The company said Thursday the three-year program will be conducted in Queensland, and seeks to increase the autonomous capacities of both air and sea vehicles. Chris Raymond, vice president and general manager of Boeing’s autonomous systems division, said the program is part […] More
A team of Jacobs Engineering Group and Beca has received a contract to provide support services to the Australian defense department’s capability, acquisition and sustainment group. The alliance is one of four contractor teams selected for the Major Service Provider initiative that will offer “above the line” contracting support to CASG, Beca said Feb. 16. Darren Kraabel, senior […] More
Cubic’s global defense business and Thales have partnered to compete for the U.K. defense ministry’s Joint Fires Synthetic Training project. Cubic said Thursday the JFST project is part of the Training and Simulation Systems Program and seeks to provide joint fires systems to support the training of the British armed forces across ground, aerial and littoral […] More
ExecutiveBiz spoke with four-time Wash100 recipient Teresa Carlson about Amazon Web Services’ current offerings and output from the AWS re:Invent 2017 conference. On topics ranging from innovation in cloud computing to hyperscale in the public sector, here’s what she had to say: “We’ve seen our government customers use the cloud as a springboard to do […] More
Maxar Technologies’ Radiant Solutions business has received a contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to help expedite the development of machine learning algorithms designed to gather data from satellite images. Radiant Solutions said Tuesday it will provide NGA access to high-resolution satellite images of at least 1 million labeled objects to help the agency launch […] More
The U.S. Central Command has launched an effort to realign its operations following the U.S. military’s progress in the fight against the Islamic State militant group, DoD News reported Tuesday. Gen. Joseph Votel, head of Centcom, told House Armed Services Committee members Tuesday that the command aims to achieve three goals to support regional stability. Votel said the […] More
The U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps have submitted to Congress their fiscal 2019 “unfunded priority lists†that requested $1.7 billion in total funds to support projects that were not included in the official budget request, USNI News reported Tuesday. The Navy seeks $1.5 billion for its budget wish list that includes the procurement […] More
President Donald Trump has appointed Charles Verdon, a principal associate director at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, as deputy administrator for defense programs at the Energy Department‘s National Nuclear Security Administration. At LLNL, Verdon leads the federal research facility’s weapons and complex integration directorate that focuses on nuclear weapons programs, the White House said Monday. His previous roles […] More
