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Building a trusted relationship with artificial intelligence technologies is non-negotiable for the Department of Defense as it gets serious about the hot button tool. Pentagon officials have to consider all of the intricacies of weapon systems in order to properly contend with how to integrate and build in AI features — as well as “the […] More
Rocket Lab has booked a follow-on contract from Leidos to carry out additional launches for the latter’s hypersonic test project with the U.S. Navy. The deal covers four missions to support the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed program, managed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane Division, and follows an initial large-scale test in June […] More
DMI has booked a $26 million contract to help the U.S. Army’s program executive office for enterprise information services update human resources systems within the military branch. Under the contract, the Maryland-based company said Tuesday it will provide sustainment system integration services to PEO EIS AHRS and the Army Training Information System for the transfer […] More
At the start of 2023, the artificial intelligence industry saw a major boom with the release of numerous large language models and generative AI tools. While this new array of technologies and AI innovations seemed to unlock a new world of possibilities, it also opened up new threat vectors and potential risks. The Central Intelligence […] More
Collins Aerospace, an RTX subsidiary, has begun the production of a 1-megawatt electric generator to power future manned and unmanned military platforms as part of an Air Force Research Laboratory initiative. RTX said Tuesday the electric power generation system moved into the manufacturing phase after the company concluded engineering work and completed the detailed design […] More
Lockheed Martin unveiled a new technology test bed that uses artificial intelligence, cloud computing and automation to manage multiple satellite operations in space. The Operations Center of the Future, which was built at Lockheed’s campus in Denver, Colorado, is equipped with its proprietary Horizon and Compass satellite software, the company said Monday. Compass is a […] More
Rob Carey, president of Cloudera Government Solutions, said federal agencies looking to effectively implement artificial intelligence tools should identify problems that are well-defined and supported by high-quality data. “This is taking what we do today with machine learning and current AI algorithms. And now we are into generative AI that helps you predict things better, […] More
ECS helped the Defense Microelectronics Activity gain clearance to use a ServiceNow-supported cloud environment for handling sensitive government data. DMEA, a laboratory within the Department of Defense, achieved the first authorization to operate in the ServiceNow National Security Cloud and seeks to modernize some of the agency’s information technology processes using the platform, ECS said […] More
Amy Hopkins, vice president and general manager of national security space at Peraton, said opportunities to achieve space dominance might come temporarily and require collaboration across the U.S. military to maximize those chances to the fullest, the Air and Space Forces Magazine reported Monday. Speaking at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & […] More
Sierra Nevada Corp., Xage Security and Blue Ridge Networks evaluated their security devices against emulated threat scenarios as part of the inaugural cohort of the Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator program managed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The CECA program seeks to assess and demonstrate in cohorts emerging cyber technologies against prioritized threats in a […] More
General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary has placed a $10.6 million order for Austal USA to produce electronic deck modules as part of the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class nuclear submarine procurement effort. The order comes seven months after Electric Boat initially procured command-and-control system modules, Austal said Monday. GDEB is under contract to build Block V submarines […] More
A new power plant complex was inaugurated at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba as part of an Energy Savings Performance Contract that aligns with the U.S. Navy’s focus on resiliency, reliability and efficiency regarding energy security. The $368.8 million Liquefied Natural Gas power plant supports the entire installation by using LNG for dual-fuel combined […] More
