Argentina has become the 28th country to sign the Artemis Accords, led by the United States. The accords aim to promote sustainable space exploration by adhering to best practices and responsible behavior norms. Daniel Filmus, Argentina’s minister of science, technology and innovation, signed the accords on behalf of his country in Buenos Aires on Thursday […]
Donald Johnson, the new Defense Health Agency assistant director for support and component acquisition, has expressed interest in partnering with industry players and academia in exploring artificial intelligence innovations to improve military health care. According to the official, AI-powered technologies, including wearables, enable converged databases and common data repositories that support predictive analytics in health […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray said China is now on track to create more powerful cyberattack capabilities using the innovation and data it stole through its hacking program. At the FBI Atlanta Cyber Threat Summit at the Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center, Wray said China has been using artificial intelligence to steal personal and corporate […]
Iridium Communications’ revenue for the second quarter of 2023 reached $193.1 million, 10 percent higher compared to the same period in 2022. Operational earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for Q2 2023 went up 9 percent to $115.8 million. OEBITDA for Q2 2022 was $105.9 million. Iridium CEO Matt Desch, a 4×24 member and […]
The National Institutes of Health has selected ASRC Federal Data Solutions to collect and analyze environmental health data under a five-year, $90 million contract for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Division of Translational Toxicology. The company will develop automated data management pipelines to speed up data collection, curation and reporting. Contract work will […]
The U.S. Special Operations Command now employs Lockheed Martin’s Dry Combat Submersible, which achieved initial operational capability in June. DCS is built for long-range underwater transportation of special operations forces, including the U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land teams. The vessel features a lock-in/lock-out chamber, which allows passengers to discreetly exit or enter the vehicle […]
DataShapes has partnered with Carahsoft Technology to offer artificial intelligence-powered software products to government agencies through Carahsoft’s reseller partners and contract vehicles. The products, including WaveShaper and GlobalEdge, are designed for real-time collection and analysis of signal, waveform and video intelligence in the cloud, on-premises and at the edge, DataShapes said. WaveShaper can be used […]
Sixteen companies will compete for task orders under a potential 10-year, $900 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for proliferated low-Earth orbit satellite services. The selected vendors are Arinc, Artel, Capella Federal, BlackSky, SES Space & Defense, Hughes Network Systems, Inmarsat Government, KGS, Intelsat General Communications, OneWeb, PAR Government, RiteNet, Satcom Direct Government, SpaceX, Trace Systems and UltiSat, […]
Kurt DelBene, the chief information officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs, said the agency is using cybersecurity telemetry and analytics to protect the sensitive data of veterans. The effort is included in the VA’s strategy for zero trust adoption, dubbed Zero Trust First. In an email to Nextgov/FCW, DelBene described cybersecurity telemetry and analytics […]
Mark Munsell, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s director of data and digital innovation, said the NGA is working to increase the accuracy of its artificial intelligence-enabled object detection capability. He shared the agency’s effort in an interview with Federal Drive host Tom Temin, acknowledging that AI technology comes with various types of biases and distortions. According […]
