The Defense Information Systems Agency has transitioned 95 milCloud 2.0 accounts ahead of the scheduled shutdown of the cloud platform. In an interview with Federal News Network, Sharon Woods, the director of the Host and Compute Center at DISA, said 60 of the 95 accounts went to DISA’s Stratus private cloud offering. She added that […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is working with a group of companies leading the development of advanced active electronically scanned array technologies. According to DARPA, the development of AESAs is a top priority in ensuring that the U.S. military maintains an advantage in electronic warfare. In a previous release about the program, the agency […]
Luxembourg-headquartered Kleos Space announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division for joint data experimentation. The agreement is the first phase of a collaboration between the Navy, industry players, academia and other Department of Defense technology partners called the SCOUT Experimentation Campaign, Kleos […]
General Dynamics Information Technology has secured a task order from the Department of Defense to deliver a suite of Microsoft Office 365 applications for the U.S. Marine Corps. The award is under the 10-year, $4.4 billion Defense Enterprise Office Solutions cloud contract. Under the task order, GDIT will work with computer company Microsoft to deliver […]
The Department of Defense‘s research arm has announced the three industry teams involved in its Mission-Integrated Network Control program. MINC is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s effort to develop a new capability to securely deliver data to the right person in a contested environment. The goal of the program is to give warfighters “on-demand” […]
The reality of the Department of Defense’s artificial intelligence projects is “much more mundane” than what some might be imagining, a top technology official at the Pentagon said. Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, director of the DOD’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, said that AI is being used to drive business and production environments, C4ISRNET reported Friday. […]
Raytheon Intelligence & Space is leading the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity’s Better Extraction from Text Toward Enhanced Retrieval program. Under the program, the company is developing the Cross-Lingual Extraction for Versatile and Effective Retrieval end-to-end system, which is designed to retrieve documents from vast amounts of foreign language text and extract mission-relevant information. The […]
President Joe Biden has nominated Air Force Maj. Gen. Kevin Kennedy to serve as the commander of the 16th Air Force, also known as Air Forces Cyber. Air Forces Cyber is a team of airmen tasked with delivering multi-source intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, electronic warfare and information products. If confirmed to the Senate, Kennedy would be […]
The U.S. Navy has deployed the Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout autonomous helicopter system to the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. MQ-8C was deployed aboard the USS Jackson littoral combat ship. The aircraft will provide enhanced marine intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting capability to military commanders in the region. The unmanned aerial vehicle also supports advanced […]
The Department of Defense has appointed Diane Staheli as its new chief for responsible artificial intelligence, a role focused on mitigating the unintended effects of the emerging technology. She is now responsible for the development of standards for ensuring that the department’s AI algorithms are trustworthy and accountable, FedScoop reported Tuesday. Staheli leads the responsible […]
