The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Institute of Science and Technology have launched the Text Retrieval Conference COVID program with the goal of developing artificial intelligence technologies for the analysis of a new dataset of machine-readable coronavirus scholarly literature. NIST and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy […]
Labelbox, a training data company, has tapped Josh Beard to lead the company's federal sales. He will be responsible for supporting the artificial intelligence and machine learning efforts of customers from the federal, military and intelligence agencies. Beard brings into his new role two decades helping government leaders with emerging technologies. “Artificial intelligence and machine […]
Huntington-Ingalls Industries has been awarded a $107.98M contract modification to provide planning yard services for the Navy's littoral combat in-service ships. Most of the work will be performed in Hampton, Virginia, and Pascagoula, Mississippi. The rest will be completed in San Diego, California, and Jacksonville, Florida. Under the terms of the cost-plus-award-fee modification, HII shall complete […]
Assured Consulting Solutions, a Reston-based technology company, has appointed Mark Tappan as its new chief engineer. He brings into the position 35 years of experience in system engineering and defense solution development. Leveraging his veterancy in serving customers in the defense and intelligence markets, Tappan will lead initiatives to improve ACS' engineering practice. He will […]
The Air Force has awarded Falkonry additional funding to help the company deliver operational artificial intelligence technology for Department of Defense customers. Falkonry was one of the 21 companies selected for funding by the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer. They received a combined total of $550M in Strategic Financing contracts, Falkonry announced […]
Citadel Defense, a developer of counter-drone technology, has launched an artificial intelligence software that detects and destroys unmanned systems in the air, land or sea. It was designed to address the shortcomings of counter unmanned aerial systems that rely on radar or cyber takeover tactics, the company announced Thursday. The software is for the Titan system, […]
Ron Poussard owns Applied Federal Contract Associates and serves as its chief operating officer. He also serves as the chairman of the National Defense Industrial Association's small business division. Before he launched his business in April 2017, Poussard worked at Advanced Concepts and Technologies International as president of contracts and business development. The small business served government defense […]
The Air Force has awarded KBR an eight-year multiple-award contract for worldwide contingency and humanitarian support under the $6.4B Air Force Contract Augmentation Program V contract vehicle. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, KBR may compete for a range of task orders supporting the government. KBR's potential tasks might include assistance with contingency planning, deploying, training and equipping […]
The Department of Defense's inspector general said it could not determine the Trump administration's influence on the Joint Enterprise Infrastructure contract award as senior agency officials were barred from commenting. Trump allegedly pressured the Pentagon to award the potentially $10B JEDI contract to Microsoft instead of its rival Amazon. In a 300-page investigation, the IG […]
General Electric Research has introduced a cybersecurity tool designed to assess and improve the cyber stature of military and industrial systems. Named the Verification Evidence and Resilient Design in Anticipation of Cybersecurity Threats, the tool was built to discover cyber vulnerabilities and recommend ways to address them. VERDICT is compatible with the computer systems of […]
