The Department of Defense and the director of national intelligence are working to comply with provisions in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act that direct them to publish an unclassified version of an on-orbit satellite protection strategy. Congressional defense and intelligence committees want a public version of the document that can help justify higher space […]
Jay Meil, chief data scientist and managing director of artificial intelligence at Science Applications International Corp., discussed in an op-ed for Federal Times hurdles to artificial intelligence adoption in the public sector. According to Meil, the results of a recent SAIC survey of federal officials indicate a need to “improve overall AI readiness” to facilitate […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded Electrosoft Services a prime contract to provide technical engineering and standards updates to Special Publications related to Federal Information Processing Standard 201-3. FIPS 201-3 is a guideline that is meant to standardize a personal identity verification system for government employees and contractors. It was updated by […]
A Nuix and Serco research team has won a U.S. Navy contest aimed at applying artificial intelligence to automate the assessment of controlled unclassified information. The two-company team was one of three competing groups to win a prize. The work involved training Nuix’s natural language processing system with a data set so it automatically detects […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Telos a two-year, $32.5 million contract extension to provide mission defense teams support for weapon systems and mission areas that fall under Air Combat Command defensive cyber operations. DCOs are meant to protect data, networks, related technologies and the ability to use them. Telos’ efforts will fall under the WhiteSpace […]
Gen. Charles Brown, the U.S. Air Force chief of staff, revealed that a different career track could be set up for service members with data science and artificial intelligence knowledge. He explained that conventional promotion and location assignment practices might not appeal to such personnel. Speaking at a Brookings Institution event, Brown added that the […]
The U.S. Space Force is looking to adjust the delivery schedule for the Next-Generation Operational Control Segment, a replacement for the ground systems that operate GPS satellites. Raytheon Technologies is responsible for building OCX, which is to be deployed in three increments. OCX Block 0, which features cybersecurity enhancements and a capability to support GPS […]
Artificial intelligence algorithms developed under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Air Combat Evolution program have completed live-flight demonstrations using the X-62A or Variable In-flight Simulator Aircraft, a modified F-16 jet plane. The flights took place over several days in December 2022 at the Air Force Test Pilot School in Edwards Air Force Base, California. […]
The government services segment of Day & Zimmermann has named former CIA officials Jeanne Foster, Mark Kelton, Stephen Perron and Phil Reilly to its advisory board. The four appointees are tasked with guiding the delivery of products, services, operations and security in support of national threat deterrence, D&Z said. Foster is CEO of JCF Consulting, […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract to C3 AI for mission-critical artificial intelligence applications in support of the Crowd-Sourced Flight Data Program, a 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron initiative aimed at providing warfighters with software-defined capabilities. The 59TES is based in Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada and is in charge of managing […]
