The Office of the Secretary of Defense Manufacturing Technology Program has selected metal additive manufacturing company Spee3d as a Point of Need Challenge winner. Spee3d, in partnership with Lift, a Department of Defense Manufacturing Innovation Institute, joined the competition’s Staying in the Fight Challenge and demonstrated a manufacturing solution for battlefield repair and readiness. As […]
OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman said on Tuesday during a hearing at the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law that while the numerous benefits of artificial intelligence in medicine, addressing climate change and other applications far outweighs the risks, lawmakers must still create parameters that will regulate the use of the […]
Sen. Gary Peters has introduced a bill seeking the creation of an artificial intelligence training program for federal agency leaders. The Artificial Intelligence Leadership Training Act aims to improve the federal workforce’s skills in using AI systems and help government decision-makers better understand the capabilities, risks and ethical implications associated with AI, the office of […]
The U.S. Army is planning to expand a program involving small, uncrewed aircraft to allow them to be launched from multiple platforms. The initial launched effects prototype was originally designed to be deployed from air-based platforms, but the Army is now considering launching the effects from the ground and other vehicles. The Army is also […]
The Department of Defense should partner with industry to expand and accelerate the country’s hypersonic testing capabilities if it wants to develop expertise and catch up with Russia and China, House Hypersonics Caucus Chairperson Rep. Doug Lamborn said on Friday at the launch of the Emerging Technologies Institute’s report on the deficiencies in the national […]
U.S. Special Operations Command Acquisition Executive Jim Smith said on Tuesday during his keynote address at Special Operations Forces Week 2023 held in Tampa, Florida, that artificial intelligence should not be isolated as a single independent program that will require the designation of an executive officer specifically for AI. On the contrary, Smith said AI will […]
U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, the head of the U.S. Northern and North American Aerospace Defense commands, told lawmakers at a recent hearing of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces that the government should build up counter-hypersonic threat capabilities amid aggressive developments by Russia and China. VanHerck said the two U.S. rivals […]
Scale AI has begun deploying its large language model, called Donovan, on a classified network in partnership with the U.S. Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps to enable faster and more informed decision-making using artificial intelligence. The Donovan federal AI platform uses a machine learning technique that allows learning from human feedback to improve the technology and […]
Lockheed Martin is focusing on upgrades to artificial intelligence, sensors and other components of Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications, the integrator and central interface for the Missile Defense System. Lockheed’s efforts will center around adding new cruise, hypersonic and ballistic missile detection and warning systems to improve C2BMC’s data analysis and recommended action […]
Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said on Monday that her country has managed to maintain strong ties with its Five Eyes allies including Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, and is interested in increasing cooperation in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and other advanced technologies. But while Canada has expressed its intention […]
