The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s AFWERX directorate has awarded a $1.13 million contract to Branch Technology under the USAF’s Small Business Innovation Research program. The funding calls for the development of a 3D-printed retrofit system for insulating the exterior walls of buildings. Under the award, the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based company will work on a 3D-printed […]
The Department of Energy has awarded seven teams a total of $29 million in funding for fusion and plasma energy research. The teams, comprising 19 institutions, will research artificial intelligence, machine learning, diagnostic data analysis, model extraction and reduction, plasma control, extreme-scale simulation data and data-enhanced prediction related to fusion and plasma sciences. Awardees will […]
Chief Digital and AI Officer Craig Martell and his office’s international affairs team have discussed responsible AI deployment in defense applications and data management and analytics with government officials in Singapore, South Korea and Japan. The talks were held during Martell’s visit to the countries between Aug. 20 and 25, following a summit at Camp […]
The Department of the Air Force is seeking technologies that support artificial intelligence and distributed command and control capabilities. According to a DAF broad agency announcement, white papers about AI systems command and control; federated, composable autonomy and AI toolboxes; advanced wargaming agents; interactive learning for C4I; generative AI for C4I; software-defined, distributed C2; and […]
The U.S. Air Force Test Center’s latest Data Hackathon focused on using generative artificial intelligence to enhance various test processes. Sponsored by AFWERX, the four-day event’s goals were to identify a business use case for the technology and create a knowledge base to implement it. The Air Force is restricted to publicly releasable data when […]
Rapid Response Defense Systems has selected the electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle provider Quantum-Systems Inc. as a subcontractor for a $30 million Department of State indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for mid-range unmanned aircraft systems. The two companies will deliver the Vector fixed-wing eVTOL UAS and provide operator training to end users. According to Quantum-Systems, Vector is […]
Drone software developer Shield AI said on Wednesday that it has completed a demonstration of its Hivemind AI pilot dictating the coordination and teamwork of three V-BAT unmanned aircraft systems. Shield AI’s V-BAT is a tactical-level, vertical take-off and landing unmanned aircraft system flying like a helicopter but also with the forward travel capability of […]
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks has unveiled a new initiative to ensure that the Department of Defense stays ahead of China’s military buildup. Hicks, a 2023 Wash100 awardee, said during the National Defense Industrial Association’s Emerging Technologies for Defense conference that the “replicator initiative” will see the DOD field thousands of autonomous systems within […]
The Department of Defense will deploy an artificial intelligence-powered airspace monitoring system in Washington, D.C., in the coming months to better defend the controlled airspace around the area. The monitoring solution, which will be part of the National Capital Region-Integrated Air Defense System, has already undergone an 18-month prototype demonstration led by the Defense Innovation […]
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has said it is working to incorporate automated analytics features into its process to check for trade-based money laundering. The agency made the remarks in response to a report by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general that revealed the process was being carried out manually. The same report […]
