The U.S. Navy 5th Fleet’s Task Force 59 has tested how mesh networks and data-crunching tools can be used to pair autonomous technologies with crewed ships and planes. During the Digital Horizon exercise, which concluded on Wednesday, Task Force 59 was able to execute its cuing concept, where uncrewed systems were able to partner with […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has granted the moderate designation to Cloudflare, enabling it to offer zero trust security modernization services to more U.S. government organizations. Matthew Prince, Cloudflare cofounder and CEO, said that the FedRAMP designation expands the cloud security firm’s customer base beyond agencies such as the Department of State and […]
All 24 CIO Act agencies received passing marks in the 15th version of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act scorecard. The FITARA scorecard is issued every six months by the House Oversight and Reform Committee, reflecting the progress agencies make in achieving IT objectives and implementing critical legislation. Seventeen agencies got scores similar to […]
The Missile Defense Agency has made its first three orders under a five-year, $500 million production-other transaction agreement with C3 AI, an enterprise software developer based in Redwood, California. The Department of Defense component seeks artificial intelligence programs that can generate models and simulations out of threat datasets; conduct test program planning, analysis and execution; […]
The Department of Homeland Security has tapped Sev1Tech to support the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s effort to establish enterprise IT capabilities. Under a $48.8 million Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Enterprise Engineering and Operations Support Service contract, Sev1Tech will work with CISA’s Office of the Chief Information Officer to provide a modern IT infrastructure and […]
The Alliance for Digital Innovation sent a letter earlier in December to the appropriations committee heads in the House of Representatives and Senate, calling for an extra $100 million in Technology Modernization Fund investments and a larger budget for the Federal Citizen Services Fund in the fiscal year 2023 federal budget. According to the trade […]
The Department of Defense’s artificial intelligence chief said agencies within the department that manage AI should understand their own data before looking for or creating new tools. During a Defense One interview, Pentagon Chief Digital and AI Officer Dr. Craig Martell shared that the Defense Digital Service, the Joint AI Office, the Office of the […]
Sharon Woods, director of the Hosting and Compute Center at the Defense Information Systems Agency, told Defense One that the Department of Defense plans to set up a cloud system outside the continental U.S. in the first half of 2023. She explained that having such a system will provide the military services with connectivity and […]
The U.S. Air Force‘s Business and Enterprise Systems Product Innovation team has announced that its operational capability data-as-a-service offering was launched into production on Cloud One. DaaS provides authorized users with easy yet secure access to data for Air Force applications. It serves as a conduit that connects the data source to application teams developing […]
C3 AI and Booz Allen Hamilton have entered into a strategic partnership to help federal, state and local governments accelerate their digital transformation efforts. As part of the collaboration, artificial intelligence solutions and applications will be offered jointly to the market to meet various security needs of defense and civilian agencies. Consultation services and implementation […]
