Amelia, a conversational artificial intelligence-based digital assistant capable of providing troubleshooting and technical support, will be rolled out by the U.S. Navy beginning in August. The AI chatbot is part of the $136 million Navy Enterprise Service Desk venture awarded to General Dynamics Information Technology in 2021 to help modernize and consolidate over 90 information […]
Science Applications International Corporation has appointed Bill Edmunds as senior vice president for its national intelligence community business unit. Edmunds will be reporting to Michael LaRouche, president of SAIC’s national security and space sector. LaRouche, a 4×24 member and a two-time Wash100 winner, said SAIC will be able to continuously provide customers with advanced cloud, […]
The House Armed Services Committee said the Department of Defense and the military services have not made meaningful changes in maximizing the expertise of the military’s reserve component and the National Guard when it comes to cyber operations. The matter was noted under an item of special interest in the Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation […]
A report titled “AI for Science, Energy, and Security,” which resulted from a series of workshops held in 2022, has identified six artificial intelligence capabilities and their potential to transform the program areas of the Department of Energy. Over 1,000 scientists, engineers and experts from the public and private sectors participated in the workshop. Among […]
Sens. Gary Peters and Bill Cassidy have introduced a bill that would increase the responsibility of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency when it comes to providing cybersecurity education and training. Once approved, the Cybersecurity Awareness Act would require CISA to provide underserved communities across the country with critical access to cybersecurity training and education, […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Chief Information Officer and Information Security Center Program and Security Management has awarded Alpha Omega Integration and Dynamo Technologies a $70 million contract. David Flynn, vice president of strategic accounts at Alpha Omega, said the collaboration will further strengthen USDA’s security operations. The five-year contract mandates the […]
Steve Butow, director of the space portfolio at the Defense Innovation Unit, said on Thursday during the AWS Summit in Washington, that his organization intends to build internet in space and conduct an on-orbit demonstration of its capabilities by the end of 2023. Butow, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said the goal is to […]
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks expressed her pride in the progress made by the Department of Defense in expanding opportunities to women and its commitment to advancing gender equity and equality. Hicks, a 2023 Wash100 Awardee, said on Monday during the 75th anniversary of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act that the event is […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded Valor Healthcare a spot on an eight-year, $1 billion contract for veterans support. Under the contract, Valor will compete for task orders to provide remote patient monitoring and home telehealth systems and tools, which the VA’s Office of Connected Care will deploy to monitor veterans with chronic health […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded up to $20 million to Manufacturing Extension Partnership Centers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, with each center receiving roughly $400,000. The funding is part of a pilot program of awards authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 to allow MEP centers to […]
