Jay Meil, chief data scientist and managing director of artificial intelligence at Science Applications International Corp., discussed in an op-ed for Federal Times hurdles to artificial intelligence adoption in the public sector. According to Meil, the results of a recent SAIC survey of federal officials indicate a need to “improve overall AI readiness” to facilitate […]
The U.S. Army is seeking autonomous solutions that can support protection, movement, maneuverability and sustainment operations. According to a sources sought notice posted on SAM .gov, the Army is looking into solutions that can provide predictive and real-time protection information for enhanced situational awareness, autonomously breach obstacles and verify that the way ahead is clear, […]
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is looking into whether artificial intelligence can be named as an inventor on a patent. According to USPTO, it previously denied applications identifying AI as the inventor, citing current law stating that inventorship is limited to real people. The agency, however, acknowledged the increasing role of AI in […]
The Naval Postgraduate School has signed a cooperative research and development agreement with Qualcomm Technologies to explore 5G, artificial intelligence and cloud technology. Under the CRADA, NPS and Qualcomm will see how the technologies could support the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps and will seek opportunities where faculty and students could work with scientists and […]
Artificial intelligence algorithms developed under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Air Combat Evolution program have completed live-flight demonstrations using the X-62A or Variable In-flight Simulator Aircraft, a modified F-16 jet plane. The flights took place over several days in December 2022 at the Air Force Test Pilot School in Edwards Air Force Base, California. […]
The Department of the Treasury has flagged obstacles to the increasing adoption of cloud capabilities by banks and other financial institutions. In a report published Wednesday, the Treasury Department said that cloud service providers should enhance technical and incident response support for organizations using such platforms. Specific challenges described include inconsistent transparency from CSPs regarding system […]
The Department of Defense has awarded Teledyne FLIR Defense a potential 33-month, $13.3 million contract to provide unmanned aerial system enhancements. Teledyne FLIR Defense will integrate flight controls that will allow the R80D SkyRaider UAS to autonomously perform chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear reconnaissance missions, which are currently done by soldiers who carry detection sensors […]
The Department of Defense has invited Intermap Technologies to the Thunderstorm 23-1 event in April for a demonstration of how artificial intelligence processing can create geospatial temporal incident data, which could be used for military situational awareness and planning. Geospatial temporal incident data covers natural and man-made disasters. Intermap offers a data fusion program that […]
The U.S. Navy has announced the completion of the upgraded MK 18 Mod 2 Kingfish unmanned underwater vehicle production and the delivery of over 90 units to the military branch. Unmanned systems manufacturer Hydroid began producing the systems in 2012 under contracts with the Navy. Huntington Ingalls Industries acquired Hydroid in 2020 for $350 million […]
The U.S. Air Force Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base has awarded Curtiss-Wright a potential 10-year, $287 million contract to provide aerospace instrumentation system technologies. Under the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Curtiss-Wright’s High Speed Data Acquisition System aerospace instrumentation technology will support the AFTC’s flight test programs and flight test instrumentation. Curtiss-Wright would also deliver […]
