The Department of Defense has selected the Panoptic Junction tool to support the Biden administration’s executive order on the safe deployment and development of artificial intelligence. The Army Cyber Command described the new tool as “a prototype platform that, once productized, will revolutionize security monitoring of IT systems,” improving the capability to detect malicious cyber […]
The Defense Health Agency has tapped KBR and 10 other contractors to provide health and wellness support under the Medical Q Coded Support and Services Next Generation contract. Byron Bright, president of the KBR’s government solutions U.S. business, a 4×24 member and past Wash100 awardee, said the company securing the MQS2-NG contract is part of […]
The Department of Commerce is extending up to $75 million in direct funding to Absolics, an affiliate of South Korea-based SKC, to fund the construction of a facility in Covington, Georgia, and develop a substrate technology for semiconductor advanced packaging use. The non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms signed by the two organizations marks the first […]
A joint statement from the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration and the European Commission highlighted the importance of securing radioactive sources to prevent them from falling into the hands of bad actors. The “Joint Statement on Enhancing Radioactive Source Security” aims to achieve the goal by building upon existing programs in the United […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs is embarking on a project to improve the efficiency and transparency of its VALife insurance program. On Thursday, cloud-based claims automation solutions provider Benekiva and advanced technology solutions firm GovCIO announced a strategic partnership that will modernize VALife. Under the collaboration, the two organizations will work to streamline the insurance […]
The Department of Defense is seeking to push the deadline for its zero trust cybersecurity architecture rollout before its original deadline of the end of fiscal year 2027, according to David McKeown, the DOD’s deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity and senior information security officer. Speaking at DefenseScoop’s DefenseTalks on Wednesday, McKeown, a past Wash100 […]
Six vendors have secured Advanced Space Technology for Range Operations—Electromagnetic Range study contracts from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Training and Readiness Command and Space Systems Command to improve the STARCOM National Space Test and Training Complex. The ASTRO-E project is part of STARCOM’s long-term vision of enhancing education, doctrine and training to protect national […]
The Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control needs a stable foundation of shared data, allowing different units to build their solution based on their needs, according to Col. Matthew Strohmeyer, director for the Global Information Dominance Experiments at the Office of the Secretary of Defense Chief Digital and AI Office. In a C4ISRnet webinar, […]
NASA and IBM Research have introduced the Privthi-weather-climate foundational model, an artificial intelligence-powered tool that improves regional and local weather and climate models. Trained on NASA’s Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, the NASA-IBM Research model uses AI learning abilities to apply patterns taken from initial data to a wide range of different scenarios. […]
The General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget have established a technical advisory group to provide advice to the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program regarding the body’s technical, strategic and operational direction. The TAG’s work will focus on helping the FedRAMP ensure that federal agencies have the latest cloud solutions that […]
