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DARPA Unveils AI-Based Cyber-Physical System Designer Tech Project
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to develop a program that will enable automated design capabilities for cyber-physical systems.
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Microsoft’s Susie Adams: Deep Learning Can Provide “Human-Level Performance†for Agency Operations
Susie Adams, chief technology officer of Microsoft’s federal arm, has said that algorithm-driven deep learning technology can be used in a range of government activities such as predictive maintenance and fraud detection, FedTech reported Wednesday.
VA, DeepMind Create AI-Based Disease Prediction Model
Google's DeepMind business and the Department of Veterans Affairs have developed a machine learning-based application that works to predict early symptoms of kidney failure. A study published in the journal Nature found that the AI model could help clinicians spot acute kidney injury in patients up to two days in advance and could potentially mitigate the need for serious medical procedures like dialysis or a kidney transplant, VA said Wednesday.
USAF Plans Solicitation for Command & Control AI, Machine Learning
The U.S. Air Force intends to solicit for artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies designed to support command and control activities.
Pacific Northwest National Lab Adopts AWS Cloud to Build Image Similarity Tool; Ralph Perko Quoted
An Amazon Web Services blog post published Wednesday examines how the Washington-based Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has facilitated the development of an image similarity platform for national security missions through cloud adoption.
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Hughes Gets Army Contract to Demo Satcom Interoperability
Hughes Network Systems has received a $11.8M contract to help the U.S. Army boost interoperability across military satellite communications systems.
Infor, GTY Forge Public Sector Digital Transformation Partnership; Bill Sullivan Quoted
Business cloud software provider Infor and GTY Technology Holdings have teamed up to help government agencies advance their digital transformation efforts.
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AWS, Virginia, Marine Corps Form Cyber Education Partnership
Amazon Web Services partnered with the state of Virginia and U.S. Marine Corps to develop education programs that will help refine military and civilian skills in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, cloud, data analytics and machine learning.
DoD Seeks Proposals on AI-Based Disaster Relief Software Systems
The Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center seeks sources on software platforms that will work to pinpoint infrastructure and people affected by floods through the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence methods, GCN reported Wednesday.
Chris Bogdan: Booz Allen Targets Ground-Based Portion of Military Space Programs
Chris Bogdan, a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, told SpaceNews in an interview published Wednesday that the company is pursuing the ground-based area of military space systems and sees growth opportunities in satellite ground control stations, cybersecurity and data analytics, among other areas.
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Cloudera’s Shaun Bierweiler: Enterprise Data Cloud Platform Can Help Defense Agencies Collect, Prioritize Mission Data
Shaun Bierweiler, vice president and general manager of the public sector business at Cloudera, has said a data collection approach that employs artificial intelligence and machine learning can help Department of Defense components extract information from multiple sources. In a LinkedIn article posted Tuesday, Bierweiler refers to the approach as enterprise data cloud powered by open-source technology.