The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate announced that it has extended a Phase 1 Other Transaction award to Synthetik Insurance Analytics to help the Federal Emergency Management Agency understand and predict floods. Under the extended OT contract, Synthetik Insurance Analytics will continue developing technologies that can predict flooding, assess flood impacts on […]
Technology company AiRANACULUS has announced that it received a Defense Threat Reduction Agency contract to create an artificial intelligence-based chemical and biological threat warning system. AiRANACULUS will demonstrate a platform alerting warfighters to possible exposure to chemical and biological threats and prevent them. The company will gather data from existing wearable devices that capture basic […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has published a cybersecurity framework profile for organizations engaged in the hybrid satellite network sector. The Final NIST IR 8441, Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Hybrid Satellite Networks, is designed to help organizations understand the security risks associated with the hybrid satellite network and […]
ACMI Federal, an affiliate of the American Center for Manufacturing and Innovation, has announced that it won a $75 million contract for facility development and private-public partnership harmonization pilot program. ACMI Federal will build a munitions campus as approved by the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Resilience. It will […]
Carahsoft’s relationship executive for the Department of Defense said the U.S. Army and the Pentagon at large want to shift from hardware to software and adopt new technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud and zero trust. Mike McCalip, vice president for government programs and strategy and a 4×24 member, wrote in a Carahsoft article that […]
A Technology Modernization Fund board member is calling for more agencies to use artificial intelligence and automation to improve customer experience and other processes. Speaking at a Venable-hosted event, National Archives and Records Administration Chief Information Officer Sheena Burrell said Americans are excited about generative AI and the emerging technology in general, and they want […]
Health sector officials said artificial intelligence can support operations and personnel but is riddled with challenges that must be addressed. Sanja Basaric, AI program lead official at the Department of Health and Human Services, said during the Health IT Summit on Sept. 21 that AI can provide natural language processing and computer vision for image […]
The chief information officer of the Defense Intelligence Agency said breakdowns associated with zero trust implementation are good because they indicate that applications and devices do not meet new requirements. Speaking at the Potomac Officers Club’s 9th Annual Intelligence Summit on Sept. 21, Doug Cossa shared that applications and devices that do not meet standards […]
Cybersecurity experts said the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency needs to strengthen its threat-hunting capabilities and visibility across the federal network. Stephen Zakowicz, vice president of CGI Federal, said CISA’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation shared service model may not work for larger federal agencies because of unique needs that are not covered by the program. […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Microsoft a $95 million contract for additional Integrated Visual Augmentation System 1.2 headsets and virtual trainers. Under the contract, Microsoft will develop and deliver 280 IVAS 1.2 systems and 11 immersive virtual trainers to support planned testing in fiscal year 2024. The headsets to be delivered include pre-production units and […]
