NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center has partnered with IBM to use the company’s AI technology to advance research on climate change through the rapid analysis and extraction of new insights from the agency’s Earth and geospatial science data. Projects under the partnership include developing an artificial intelligence foundation model to enhance weather and climate prediction […]
The U.S. Air Force is seeking information on artificial intelligence-enabled, always-on surveillance systems that would be used on sites overseen by the U.S. Central Command. According to a request for information posted on SAM .gov, the AI-enabled system could reduce manpower and hours needed to monitor and protect foreign workers. The RFI also stated that […]
The Department of the Treasury Inter-American Foundation is modernizing its grants management approach using REI Systems’ GovGrants software-as-a-service offering. According to the company, IAF selected GovGrants to support the modernization effort because it provides an accessible, role-based and secure grants management system; complies with the Federal Integrated Business Framework; and offers the multilingual capability to […]
A team whose members come from the government and the defense industry demonstrated the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept‘s ability to exceed Mach 5 during the rocket’s second test flight. During the test, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne were able to show that HAWC […]
Intermap Technologies has secured its first task orders under the Department of Defense’s $920 million Janus Geography indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide geospatial products for a federal intelligence agency. Intermap is a small business that employs artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to deliver 3D geospatial intelligence products with hydro, objects and advanced terrain features. Similar […]
The Department of Defense has revised its autonomous weapon systems guidance to add new requirements for the development and use of such systems to ensure the ethical deployment of artificial intelligence-powered platforms. Requirements under the updated directive include allowing commanders and operators to have control over autonomous and semi-autonomous weapon systems and ensuring that the […]
The Defense Innovation Unit is seeking input from the commercial sector about available technologies and payloads that can be integrated into its prototype hypersonic test jet. The DIU recently issued an area of interest solicitation as a follow-on to the Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities initiative launched in September. For the follow-on, dubbed HyCAT: […]
The Department of the Air Force has awarded Polysentry a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract to develop the Artificial Intelligence – Classification Operations Platform, a solution that uses knowledge graphs and natural language processing to autonomously apply classification markings to documents based on modifiable user rules. AI-COP is intended to streamline the classification […]
The U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office has selected Epirus to build prototypes of the company’s Leonidas counter-drone and counter-electronics high-power microwave kit under a $66 million contract. According to Epirus CEO Ken Bedingfield, the company will supply a version of Leonidas that is cost-effective, modular and upgradable to allow the military branch […]
Experts in the geospatial intelligence sector recently talked about how artificial intelligence could help them in their work. Speaking at the Geospatial Advantage Conference in Alabama, Mark Munsell, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s deputy director for data and digital innovation, said better AI algorithms, more computers and enhanced storage and sensors would be necessary for processing […]
