The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency plans to use generative artificial intelligence to support cybersecurity-related data management. Speaking at an Intelligence and National Security Alliance event on Sept. 28, NGA Chief Information Officer Gary Buchanan, the large amounts of cyber data the agency receives is overwhelming employees, adding that the NGA’s Cybersecurity Operations Center receives up to […]
The Technology Modernization Fund is spending $9.1 million to enhance Department of Transportation and Federal Trade Commission systems. The Transportation Department’s Office of Aviation Consumer Protection is receiving $8 million to upgrade a complaint and case tracking application used by thousands of air travelers annually, TMF said Friday. Expected outcomes include improved efficiency and a […]
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office is seeking external speakers for its three-day symposium on data and artificial intelligence. The Advantage DoD 2024: Defense Data & AI Symposium, which will begin on Feb. 20, 2024, at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., will gather data professionals from the public and private sectors to discuss […]
The National Security Agency is establishing an AI Security Center consolidating the NSA’s security-related artificial intelligence activities, the agency’s director, Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, announced at a National Press Club discussion in Washington on Thursday. Nakasone, also the U.S. Cyber Command’s head and a Wash100 winner, disclosed that the new center will manage the U.S. […]
The Government Accountability Office is experimenting with an artificial intelligence model that could automate report queries and information retrieval. Taka Ariga, the oversight body’s chief data scientist and the director of the GAO Innovation Lab, said the agency’s goal for its AI model work is to establish a foundational large language model that would be […]
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has awarded CGI Federal a 10-year contract for financial management solutions and consulting services. CGI Federal also secured a potential 10-year, $143 million operations and maintenance, service desk support and training service task order. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, CGI Federal will provide strategic consulting, advisory, application operations and […]
Intel is working with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland to prepare future scientists and engineers to handle artificial intelligence challenges. Goddard Space Center and Intel are undertaking an academic program aimed at providing science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning sessions such as foundational AI content and opportunities to meet experts, NASA said. The […]
Technology company AiRANACULUS has announced that it received a Defense Threat Reduction Agency contract to create an artificial intelligence-based chemical and biological threat warning system. AiRANACULUS will demonstrate a platform alerting warfighters to possible exposure to chemical and biological threats and prevent them. The company will gather data from existing wearable devices that capture basic […]
Amy Henninger, a senior adviser for advanced computing at the Department of Homeland Security, said a newly created artificial intelligence task force is identifying applications that should be prioritized for AI adoption, particularly those related to border security, supply chain security, and fentanyl or synthetic opioid production. The DHS established the task force in April […]
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey, program executive officer for command, control, communications and battle management, said a cloud-based command and control system will attain initial operating capability by the end of fiscal year 2023. Speaking to reporters at the recent Air, Space and Cyber conference, he shared that the service aims to deliver […]
