Richard Muller, previously of the Department of Energy’s Quantum Systems Accelerator, has joined the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity as director. In a statement issued Wednesday, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, a 2024 Wash100 winner, said that the IARPA would benefit from Muller’s experience in science, academia and leadership, allowing the institution to face […]
The U.S. Air Force is using the Department of Defense’s Quick Start rapid acquisition authority to initiate work on a resilient national GPS position, navigation and timing capability and command, control and communications battle management for moving targets. With the Quick Start authority, the service branch can start any new programs without waiting for Congress […]
The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are working to test the possibility of using artificial intelligence algorithms in air combat. Through the 2023 Robert J. Collier Trophy, the two organizations are using an X-62A VISTA aircraft from the DARPA Air Combat Evolution program to assess the viability […]
Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said that the U.S. needs to increase investments in missile defense amid the growing number of intermediate and long-range missile technologies used by foreign adversaries. Speaking at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 2024 Missile Defense Conference on Tuesday, Shyu, a past Potomac Officers Club speaker and […]
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory and quantum computing firm IonQ will be exploring the use of quantum technology to advance power grid technologies. Under the collaboration, the two organizations will help businesses develop practical quantum hybrid applications that use classical and quantum resources. The quantum computing company will be working under the GRID-Q project, the […]
The United States is partnering with a leading technology firm to revitalize semiconductor production in Texas. On Monday, the Department of Commerce announced a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms with Samsung Electronics, offering up to $6.4 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the U.S. semiconductor industry. The South Korean […]
Lockheed Martin announced that it has secured a contract from the Missile Defense Agency to provide a new, modern and technically advanced missile interceptor. For the Next Generation Interceptor project, the defense contractor is providing its expertise in kill vehicle technology and decades of experience in developing strategic missile systems. The NGI is a multiple-kill […]
The National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine is using artificial intelligence and large language models to identify suitable candidates for clinical trials. To help researchers and clinicians streamline clinical trial matching, the NLM has developed a prototype called TrialGPT, a tool designed to predict three elements of patient eligibility for clinical trials. The […]
The Department of Defense is partnering with a contractor to improve the production of space-qualified materials for solar cells. On Tuesday, the Pentagon announced that it tapped the expertise of semiconductor manufacturer 5N Plus to produce the solar cell materials under the Defense Production Act investment program. The contractor will produce germanium wafers and semiconductor […]
An innovative approach, such as using data fabrics, can help sift valuable data to enable the federal government to obtain information rapidly while maintaining accuracy, according to Pragyansmita Nayak, chief data scientist at Hitachi Vantara Federal. In an opinion piece, Nayak listed three advantages offered by data fabrics to federal agencies: enabling decision intelligence, operational […]
