The U.S. Army has unveiled a new policy codifying agile and lean software development approaches, which are characterized by iteration and close coordination with users. Such approaches are intended to expedite the development and refinement of software for warfighters, potentially driving the sustainment of a competitive military advantage, the Army said Saturday. According to the […]
EnCharge AI has announced a multiyear partnership with Princeton University to develop more efficient artificial intelligence model processors with $18.6 million in financial support from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The funding is taken from DARPA’s $78 million Optimum Processing Technology Inside Memory Arrays, an initiative to develop fast, power-efficient and scalable compute-in-memory accelerators […]
Rhea Space Activity has announced a $750,000 grant under NASA’s TechFlights solicitation to test two autonomous navigation systems in cislunar space. The Jervis Autonomy Modules will fly on two separate communications satellites in lunar orbit designed to communicate with the ispace technologies U.S.-developed APEX 1.0 lunar lander, RSA said Wednesday. JAM is intended to enable […]
Reston, Virginia-based Leidos has announced a multiyear strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services to provide public- and private-sector customers with innovative solutions. The agreement builds on an existing partnership providing the Department of Defense and the federal government with services such as cloud migration and certification, Leidos said. According to Steve Hull, president of […]
Former National Cyber Director Chris Inglis is calling for a holistic approach to artificial intelligence and machine learning. Speaking at a National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee meeting on Tuesday, he explained that regulators need to look after the “technology, people and doctrine” elements behind AI and other systems of interest, Nextgov/FCW reported. Inglis, a past […]
Space-based intelligence company BlackSky Technology has announced a multimillion-dollar Department of Defense contract to collect and annotate multi-frame burst photos to improve moving target artificial intelligence models. Satellites passing over an area of interest can rapidly capture burst imagery to generate 3D volumetric products and movement-oriented detection analytics, BlackSky said Monday. According to BlackSky, it […]
The Department of the Treasury has sanctioned entities connected to the Predator spyware. Brian Nelson, the department’s sanctions lead, said the penalties are meant to discourage the use of commercial surveillance tools that could pose national security risks, CyberScoop reported. Researchers previously found that malicious actors used Predator to target dissidents, journalists and officials. The […]
SpaceX, Rocket Lab USA and 13 other companies have secured five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity base contracts worth a total of $45 million to provide NASA and other agencies with flight and payload integration services. The other recipients are Aerostar International, Angstrom Designs, Astrobotic Technology, Astro Digital, Blue Origin Texas, Galactic Enterprises, Loft Orbital Federal, Momentus Space, Near […]
Iridium Communications has announced an agreement to acquire Satelles, a provider of satellite-based services to secure and enhance navigation systems such as GPS. Using affordable hardware without outdoor antennas, Satelles’ Satellite Time and Location solution will improve timing systems for 5G base stations, data centers and other digital infrastructure, Iridium said. According to Iridium, key […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that intelligence organizations such as the U.S. Cyber Command and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will need to work closely to deal with cyberthreats to the 2024 U.S. elections. Speaking at an Intelligence and National Security Alliance event, he warned of foreign cyber actors armed with generative artificial […]
