National Archives and Records Administration employees are prohibited from using ChatGPT for work starting Monday. In a memo to employees, Keith Day, NARA’s chief information security officer, cited media reports indicating that the large language models of ChatGPT and other AI services now hold personally identifiable and corporate proprietary information. “If sensitive, non-public NARA data […]
AFWERX has awarded Confidencial a $1.8 million Small Business Technology Transfer Phase II contract to develop a prototype of the company’s selective encryption technology powered by artificial intelligence. The technology is designed to provide data protection and enable safe collaboration with partners, allied countries and contractors. The encryption technology will integrate sensitive data scanning, document […]
The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command has announced its plan to post a request for proposals in the third quarter of fiscal year 2024 to develop and procure National Security Agency-certified Multifunctional Information Distribution System Weapons Data Link Small Weapons Attritable Family 2 Radios. NAVWAR intends to award an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a five-year ordering […]
SES is acquiring Intelsat for $3.1 billion, a transaction that would merge the two companies to establish a stronger multiorbit satellite operator offering expanded coverage and satellite solutions and improved resilience. Commenting on the acquisition, Intelsat CEO David Wajsgras, a 4×24 member and a past Wash100 awardee, said the consolidation “will create a more competitive, […]
The Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron 2, an unmanned aerial vehicle training squadron in the U.S. Marine Corps, has received the first of eight MQ-9A Extended Range unmanned aircraft systems from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. The drone was delivered on March 18 under an Agile Reaper Enterprise Solution indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract awarded through the […]
The Defense Innovation Unit has named Liz Young McNally as the new deputy director for commercial operations. McNally moves to the DIU after serving as co-CEO at Schmidt Futures, a not-for-profit venture capital firm focused on projects and investments in artificial intelligence, biotechnology and climate science, among other areas. In her new role, she will […]
Three Wire Systems has transitioned the U.S. Air Force Military and Family Readiness Center’s Air Force Family Integrated Results and Statistical Tracking to Cloud One GovCloud. With AFFIRST, the M&FRC staff can document services provided to Air Force members and their families to ensure mission readiness and meet the challenges and demands of expeditionary operations. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking comments on four draft documents focused on generative artificial intelligence created in line with an executive order calling for new strategies to harness the power of AI. The first two draft documents will each focus on the strategies to identify generative AI risks and software development […]
A Strategic & Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems team gathered industry and government representatives in a recent two-day event aimed at increasing industry awareness of the second phase of the Department of Defense’s Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed program. Industry members were provided with the opportunity to have a one-on-one session with George […]
Two offices within the Department of the Air Force are planning to host three roundtable discussions with industry and academia on potential applications of generative artificial intelligence. According to a notice posted on SAM .gov, the Office of the Chief Information Officer and the Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Office will organize separate sessions for […]
