A senior Department of Homeland Security official stressed the need to stay conscious of the risks artificial intelligence could pose as adoption of the technology increases. Dimitri Kusnezov, the undersecretary of the DHS’ science and technology directorate, told attendees of a GovCon Wire event on Tuesday that there needs to be a greater understanding of […]
Frank Kendall, secretary of the Department of the Air Force, submitted a proposal to Congress earlier in April that would allow certain space-based programs to start before the 2024 budget is finalized. These programs include satellites for detecting and tracking missiles and hypersonic vehicles. Kendall, a 2023 Wash100 winner and confirmed speaker at the upcoming […]
Government organizations such as the National Reconnaissance Office are ramping up the adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning amid the increasing proliferation of satellites. NRO Director Chris Scolese, a 2023 Wash100 awardee, said during a keynote speech at the Space Symposium on Tuesday that automation and multi-intelligence processes are being implemented to free up […]
DLH Holdings subsidiary Grove Resource Solutions Inc. has received a potential five-year, $14.6 million contract from the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic for continued enterprise staging and delivery support. NIWC Atlantic maintains an ES&D support facility in Norfolk, Virginia, that is responsible for securely delivering commercial information technology hardware and integrated software and ensuring that […]
Sunnyvale, California-headquartered Fortinet has joined the ranks of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, a group of government and commercial organizations working to strategize responses and remedies to various digital threats and vulnerabilities. Cooperation between the public and private sectors under the JCDC is meant to strengthen the cybersecurity posture of […]
The Multiband Uncooled SmallSat Imaging Radiometer built by Leonardo DRS is demonstrating its ability to collect Earth surface temperature data from orbit for NASA. MUSIR is said to perform accurate radiometry using a new focal plane array technology that operates at room temperature, bypassing conventional requirements for energy-intensive cryogenic coolers. According to a press release, […]
Paul Courtney, the Department of Homeland Security’s chief procurement officer, recently talked about ways internal operations are being streamlined using robotic process automation. In an interview with Federal News Network, he highlighted an electronic contract filing system as one of several initiatives his office has undertaken to simplify processes. It uses RPA to upload certain […]
Ryan McArthur, manager of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program, recently discussed how the ability to interact directly with contractors Google, Microsoft, Oracle and Amazon has benefited the Department of Defense. JWCC, a $9 billion effort to procure cloud capabilities at all security classification levels, is overseen by the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Hosting and […]
The U.S. Space Force has chosen ExoAnalytic Solutions’ software-defined telescope system to function as the first dedicated sensor of the National Space Test and Training Complex, a network of ranges aimed at providing realistic exercises to all of the military branches. Establishing the NSTTC is one of the Space Force’s major infrastructure goals. The service […]
Two new groups will assess whether the Department of Veterans Affairs is practicing fairness and transparency in its use of artificial intelligence for research and clinical operations. Gil Alterovitz, VA’s director of AI, explained to FedScoop that the AI Institutional Review Board enables the agency to better understand the technology’s implications on a given research […]
