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Maxar EVP of Global Field Operations Tony Frazier Receives Fifth Wash100 Award; Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Quoted
Tony Frazier, executive vice president of Global Field Operations at Maxar Technologies, was announced as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, the most coveted honor in all of government contracting (GovCon), Executive Mosaic announced on Wednesday. This marks the fifth-time that Frazier has received a Wash100 Award in the eight year history of the award.Â
Booz Allen’s Kathleen Featheringham on AI Adoption in Transportation Sector
Kathleen Featheringham, director of artificial intelligence strategy at Booz Allen Hamilton, predicts the transportation sector will witness a paradigm shift as the industry advances its adoption of AI and believes federal agencies should prepare for such a major change by having an AI vision that includes all aspects of the organization. “Second, it’s important to have an open meaningful conversation about the right applications for AI and the outcomes that are hoped to be achieved, ensuring that they are ethical auditable sustainable and reliable,†Featheringham said.
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Charles River Analytics Lands Navy Contract to Develop Ship Management System Architecture
The U.S. Navy has awarded Charles River Analytics a $140,000 contract to develop a platform-agnostic framework designed to support the service branch's management of disparate systems and sensor networks. Charles River said Monday the Core Combat Architecture will serve as a baseline for platforms meant to handle the real-time management of combat systems, weapons and sensors supporting the Navy’s vessels.
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Aura Technologies Awarded $50M Army Contract to Develop, Test AI for Military Use
Aura Technologies has secured a $49.9 million contract to develop and demonstrate artificial intelligence for multiple military applications. The company will design, create and implement AI for use in advanced manufacturing, tactical power and operations, the Department of Defense said Friday.
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Titan Technologies to Supply Research Data Platform for Los Alamos National Lab
Triad National Security has partnered with Destin, Florida-based data platform maker Titan Technologies to use the latter’s product to support classified research work under the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
KPMG Survey: Majority of Government Leaders Express Confidence in AI; Rob Dwyer Quoted
A new KPMG survey has found that 79 percent of government decision-makers said they are confident in the potential of artificial intelligence to improve bureaucratic efficiency. KPMG said Tuesday it conducted an online survey of about 950 business and information technology leaders across seven industries from Jan. 3 to 16 and found that 61 percent of government respondents said AI is at least fully or moderately functional at their agencies.
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SRI International to Help DARPA Develop Fully Homomorphic Encryption Tech for Faster Computing
SRI International has secured an $11.5 million contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a chip-based technology in an effort to accelerate data analytics, artificial intelligence training and other processes that require a large amount of computing power.
IBM, Moderna Seek to Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain Visibility Via Open Technology
IBM and Moderna have announced plans to collaborate to conduct a pilot of open technology-based approaches to improve visibility into the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain and monitor vaccine administration in real time.
Accenture Federal Services CEO John Goodman Receives Fourth Consecutive Wash100 Award; Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Quoted
Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, announced on Friday that John Goodman, chief executive of Accenture Federal Services, has received a 2021 Wash100 Award for his contributions in the GovCon sector in 2020 and his forthcoming achievements in the year to come.Â
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Raytheon Applies AI, Machine Learning to Defense Tech Modeling, Simulation
Raytheon Technologies has infused emerging technology into the company's modeling and simulation process as part of efforts to help defense customers visualize the performance of weapons systems before they make procurement decisions. The company said Wednesday an engineering team within its missile and defense business used artificial intelligence and machine learning to put a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missile through digital testing ahead of a flight test demonstration conducted by the U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency in November last year.
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NDIA’s Mark Lewis on Emerging Technologies Institute’s Goals for AI Research, Hypersonics
Mark Lewis, director of the Emerging Technologies Institute at the National Defense Industrial Association, has said that the new organization seeks to accelerate the development of key defense technologies to maintain U.S. technological superiority.