The U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center plans to use artificial intelligence and digital technologies to improve its workflows. According to Chief Information Officer Peter Guo, the organization’s workers, many of whom are Japanese, benefit from Google Meet’s live translation as it allows native English-speaking employees to communicate freely while the […]
HII Mission Technologies has inaugurated a new engineering facility in Syracuse, New York, adding to the company’s ISR and electronic warfare footprint in the state. Andy Green, president of HII Mission Technologies and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, said the new site will host individuals who create technologies and solutions to give warfighters an edge. Green, […]
The Department of Justice has awarded artificial intelligence solutions provider Veritone a $15 million blanket purchase agreement for software support services. Under the BPA, Veritone will provide AI-powered software and professional services to help the DOJ transcribe, translate, locate, redact and extract evidence during early case assessments. The company’s Justice and Public Sector services are […]
Lockheed Martin, in partnership with the Missile Defense Agency, conducted a digital All Up Round Preliminary Design Review on Sept. 29 for the Next Generation Interceptor missile. Digital engineering and model-based tools were used to ensure that the NGI’s hardware and software meet the U.S. military’s requirements, Lockheed said. Tests performed during the review include […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has updated a toolkit that helps public safety agencies identify and address potential cyber threats. The Public Safety Communications and Cyber Resiliency Toolkit is designed to help public safety agencies and communications network operators evaluate and improve their cyber hygiene and develop plans for mitigating cyber threats. Eleven new […]
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Massachusetts-based company Scientific Systems a $1.5 million Small Business Technology Transfer Phase 2 contract to detect and identify objects in space. According to Owen Brown, vice president of research and development at Scientific Systems, the company will work with Stanford University’s Space Rendezvous Laboratory to develop software that would […]
Fortress Information Security has announced that it is now part of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative. As a JCDC member, Fortress will offer its experience in building partnerships with organizations providing supply chain resilience solutions for the U.S. power grid. Alex Santos, CEO and co-founder of Fortress, said the company […]
The U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command has awarded Empower AI a potential 18-month, $21 million contract for IT and engineering services. Empower AI said that under the Total Engineering and Integration Services IV contract, the company will provide C5ISR services to the Army Intelligence and Security Command and the Army Counterintelligence Command. Empower AI […]
The U.S. Space Force will prototype a new “System Delta” concept that would complement an organizational structure being tested. According to Gen. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations and 2023 Wash100 awardee, System Deltas would complement Integrated Mission Deltas to test an organizational structure revolving around specific missions rather than functions. Saltzman, a past Potomac […]
DRT Strategies, an Amazon Web Services partner, has been supporting the Food and Drug Administration in migrating mission-critical workloads to the cloud and in creating a data lake for the agency. Rick Goodwin, senior manager of the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition account at DRT, said the company developed cloud migration strategies, […]
