The U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet has formed a new task force focused on integrating artificial intelligence with new unmanned systems, the top officer of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said. Christened Task Force 59, the new unit will pull technical experts along with outside advisers from offices like the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center to test […]
Don Trost is the chief development officer at TechSource, working out of Camas, Washington. He has over 50 years of experience in government policy and practices, focusing on real property, economic analysis and strategic development. During his long career, he has served as adviser to government leadership in a broad range of strategic issues, with […]
NetAbstraction announced the appointment of retired Admiral Michael Rogers, former head of the U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, as chairman of the company’s board of advisers. Under his new role in the private sector, Rogers will provide oversight to the company’s advisers on matters of product, technology and corporate strategy. […]
CalypsoAI and ECS have formed a partnership to support the advancement of safe and secure artificial intelligence infrastructure across the U.S. federal government. Neil Serebryany, CEO and founder of CalypsoAI, said that the partnership was born out of a need to ensure trust and transparency in the AI-enabled capabilities currently in high demand among civil […]
The slow progress on the Department of State’s IT modernization contributed significantly to the inability of most passport services employees to work from home during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report published Tuesday, the department’s inspector general revealed that despite the $59 million spent by the Bureau of Consular Affairs on passport-related […]
The U.S. Marine Corps launched the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise in an effort to fast track the deployment of promising new technologies. The effort was designed to enable quick feedback and the gleaning of useful insights from a range of potentially valuable prototypes. As part of the Corps’ Force Design 2030, which puts emphasis on […]
The Department of Defense has formed a new group whose job is to coordinate all efforts related to small satellites across all organizations under its purview. The newly-constituted body is made up of representatives from the Offices of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, and Acquisition and Sustainment, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. Doug […]
Ashley Perry is the chief solutions officer at Socially Determined, working out of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area. She is responsible for all market-facing functions, including business development, account management, client success and thought leadership, her LinkedIn profile reveals. As head of the company’s client solutions group, Perry is focused on improving the health of […]
Government agencies that remain unsure if open source software is good enough to effectively address their needs for application modernization have been told to take their cue from the U.S. Air Force, which recently used Kubernetes to upgrade the weapons systems on the 65-year old U-2 spy plane. Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, the […]
The Federal Trade Commission wants to permanently ban applications company Support King and its CEO Scott Zuckerman from the surveillance technology business for marketing a product that is being used by stalkers to discreetly monitor their intended victims electronically. In a complaint issued Wednesday, the commission alleged that SpyFone, which Support King purportedly markets as […]
