Government Technology

The Professional Services Council Foundation has issued a report that assesses the federal government’s adoption of artificial intelligence and identifies the opportunities and challenges agencies face when it comes to AI implementation. The report highlighted opportunities that AI offers to the government including reduction in backlog; optimization of resource allocation; accelerated decision making; fraud prevention; and extraction of insights from large amounts of data.

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The U.S. Air Force has begun to assess whether it can integrate an artificial intelligence platform, Skyborg, into an F-35 or F-15EX fighter aircraft to enable pilots to control the Kratos Defense-built XQ-58 Valkyrie unmanned air vehicle and other drones, Defense News reported Wednesday. Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, told the publication Tuesday that the service is in talks with Lockheed Martin and Boeing on the plan to team fighter aircraft with drones through the Skyborg program.

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Raytheon has conducted tests for a warhead designed to work with the DeepStrike long-range precision strike missile at the National Technical Systems' testing facility.

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Amazon Web Services and Monkton collaborated to develop a mobile application for U.S. Air Force maintainers to view data they need to perform flight line work using mobile devices. Harold Smith, CEO of Monkton, said in a statement posted Tuesday the BRICE app underwent three months of user acceptance testing with support of Monkton's Rebar security tool and AWS' GovCloud.

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The Department of Homeland Security is seeking potential vendors of cloud-based subscription services that could locate connected devices, including mobile phones and laptops, at any given time. 

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Verve Industrial Protection and the Department of Defense's Center for Manufacturing Cyber Security, MxD, have partnered to mature cybersecurity processes within the manufacturing supply chain.

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Cubic’s mission solutions business has unveiled a small multifunction gateway module designed to support cellular and land mobile radio communications and integrate with a maximum of eight networks.

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Carahsoft has agreed to distribute Keeper Security' password management and encryption platform to public sector agencies via three government contracting vehicles and reseller partners. Agencies can procure the cybersecurity offering from Carahsoft through NASA's Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V contract and procurement vehicles managed by the National Association of State Procurement Officials and National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance, the company said Tuesday.

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Northrop Grumman has begun preparations for the OmegA launch vehicle’s static fire test on May 30 in preparation for the rocket’s first launch slated for 2021. OmegA is designed to support the U.S. Air Force’s national security missions and carry payload for other non-military customers, Northrop said Monday.

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has unveiled a new program to develop a new software for real-time logistics and supply chain monitoring in support of military operations across the world.

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Lockheed Martin has started implementing Agile development process since August 2018 and is now set to deploy in the summer the software upgrade for the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 fighter aircraft, FCW reported Tuesday.

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