The Defense Logistics Agency gave six vendors the chance to present their artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to the Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and AI Office, the Air Force Research Laboratory and George Mason University during the recent DLA Hackathon. The inaugural event was organized to increase engagement with the industry as the […]
Amazon Web Services offers two solutions to help U.S. government agencies outside the continental United States overcome edge computing challenges, such as network communication delays and lack of security controls for authorization to operate. According to Naresh Dhiman, AWS senior solutions architect, the remedies available to OCONUS federal agencies are the AWS Modular Data Center […]
The U.S. Army is further streamlining its procurement activities by integrating its modernized contract writing platform with the web-based General Fund Enterprise Business System, the service branch’s financial management system. The integration, which the Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems and the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement rolled out […]
The Department of Defense has released the Fulcrum: DOD Information Technology Advancement Strategy to guide the department in modernizing its IT infrastructure and delivering enhanced capabilities to the military. Signed and approved by Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of defense, the Fulcrum Strategy prioritizes user experience and agile, scalable infrastructure to meet dynamic operational needs and […]
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has awarded a two-year, $19 million contract to Palantir Technologies for a data infrastructure streamlining the agency’s core workflows. The contract calls for the use of Palantir’s AIP and Foundry software in the development of a strategy and system enabling rapid collection of data from various sources for […]
Carahsoft Technology will bring Pryon’s generative artificial solutions to the public sector under a distribution partnership. Pryon offers the Retrieval-Augmented Generation Suite comprising ingestion and retrieval engines that can be paired with large language models to simplify data access and analysis and capture valuable insights from unstructured data. The RAG solution will enable government users […]
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has designated Clarifai as an “Awardable” vendor for the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, the Department of Defense’s digital environment for procuring data, analytics, digital and artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities solutions through rapid acquisition procedures. Clarifai offers an AI workflow orchestration platform designed to speed up the development […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is taking a cautious approach to implementing artificial intelligence-powered solutions across the organization. In an interview with DefenseScoop, Anna Rubinstein, chief of responsible artificial intelligence at the NGA, disclosed how the experiences she gained from working on Project Maven are helping build enterprise capabilities and processes to support the agency. Since […]
AFWERX, the U.S. Air Force’s innovation arm, has awarded Istari Digital a $15 million contract to provide a plug-and-play digital platform that will consolidate data from digital models and simulations to accelerate the development of future technologies. The platform will support the Model One program, which aims to create digital twins of devices, vessels and […]
Broadcom announced that its Symantec Cloud Secure Web Gateway solution is now Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorized, expanding its portfolio of compliant security solutions for the U.S. public sector. The service addresses the need for cloud-based security solutions among agencies transitioning to a security service edge architecture, Broadcom said. According to Broadcom, Symantec […]
