Mark Munsell, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s director of data and digital innovation, said the NGA is working to increase the accuracy of its artificial intelligence-enabled object detection capability. He shared the agency’s effort in an interview with Federal Drive host Tom Temin, acknowledging that AI technology comes with various types of biases and distortions. According […]
Geospatial intelligence provider Maxar Technologies has conducted a critical design review of its Maxar 300 series bus for L3Harris Technologies, which ordered 14 of the platforms in 2022. L3Harris is working under a potential $700 million contract to build out the satellite constellation and ground infrastructure for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer, […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Teledyne FLIR Defense a potential five-year, $93.9 million contract for its Black Hornet 3 Personal Reconnaissance Systems nano-unmanned aerial systems. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Teledyne FLIR Defense will provide the nano-UAS, equipment, spare parts and training services. The Black Hornet 3 PRS is a pocket-sized drone that can transmit live […]
The U.S. Army’s deputy principal information operations adviser said the service is continuing to adopt artificial intelligence to support its “information advantage” concept. Speaking at an Association of the U.S. Army event in June, Maj. Gen. Matthew Easley shared that AI and machine learning could benefit decision-making, soldier information protection, education and information warfare, all […]
Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division has agreed on an expanded partnership with Trine University and will send U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen to the education facility to join an internship program and assist with the Artificial Intelligence for Maritime Maneuver effort. With funding from the Office of Naval Research, NSWC Crane is collaborating with the […]
Texas-based artificial intelligence company Hypergiant has received from the Department of the Air Force a three-year contract potentially worth $61 million to continue developing the Joint Effects for Real-time Integrated Command and Control Operations. JERIC2O is the user interface for the DAF’s Cloud-Based Command Control program, a component of the Advanced Battle Management System. The […]
Two Senate bills seek to explore the potential of artificial intelligence to create biosecurity risks and develop a plan to prepare the United States for such threats. Under the Artificial Intelligence and Biosecurity Risk Assessment Act, the assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the Department of Health and Human Services would be required to […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has named five teams from the private and academic sectors to participate in Environment-driven Conceptual Learning, a program to develop artificial intelligence assistants for urgent national security tasks. DARPA seeks AI agents that can learn from linguistic and visual input and work with humans to analyze multimedia documents. Research […]
Experts in artificial intelligence said during a House Armed Services Committee hearing that the Department of Defense’s procurement process is hindering the adoption of artificial intelligence at the agency. Haniyeh Mahmoudian, an AI ethics specialist at DataRobot, said long procurement cycles and delays cannot keep up with the speed at which AI is being developed, […]
A U.S. government agency has awarded DroneShield a multi-year, $33 million order for counter-unmanned aerial system equipment and related services. The company said in a press release it expects to receive full payment for the order by the end of 2023. DroneShield U.S. CEO Matt McCrann said the award is rooted in customer trust and […]
