Two Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have proposed 15 bills aimed at giving American companies a leg up on China in the tech sphere. The bills are wide in scope, as they address the need for standards-setting for both facial recognition and three-dimensional printing, as well as place importance in promoting […]
The Wireless Innovation Forum has announced the approval of a project named "Technological State of the Industry on Wireless Drone Networking." The project will address a broad range of topics related to unmanned autonomous vehicles and the technology's impact on spectrum, said John Glossner, CEO of Optimum Semiconductor Technologies. "With emphasis on shared spectrum and […]
The Department of Defense's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has issued a request for information on how the agency can use AI to predict when its aircraft need maintenance and repairs. In a SAM .gov post, JAIC said it encountered challenges in a pathfinder project that uses artificial intelligence to help maintain H-60 helicopters and their […]
The Navy is seeking information on any state-of-the-art or novel technologies, approaches or processes that can assist information technology staff in solving technical issues for data centers in enterprise networks. As indicated in a request for information notice published on the System for Award Management website, the Navy’s goal is to reduce the IT burden […]
Avion Unmanned, a drone technology company, has signed a participating addendum with the State of Alaska, providing access to offerings for all state agencies, political subdivisions and institutions. The participating addendum simplifies the acquisition process for government agencies at all levels that want to request unmanned aircraft operations, the company said Thursday. "Avion Unmanned has been […]
Ashburn, Virginia-based Cignal has received funds amounting to $142K from the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program to facilitate its development of an artificial intelligence training system that leverages high-fidelity synthetic data. Karl Harris, S&T screening at speed program manager, acknowledges that systems capable of churning out computer-generated and […]
ManTech has announced the launch of Space Range, the company's new cybersecurity solution that integrates research into offensive cyber to protect space assets from cyberattacks. Space Range is a reusable cybersecurity solution designed using a software-defined infrastructure model, ManTech said. The tool tests vulnerabilities in terrestrial and orbital networks by creating exact models. “In a […]
The Defense Innovation Unit has issued a solicitation using its other transaction authority in search of a predictive artificial intelligence solution capable of detecting behavioral changes among service members. As indicated in the solicitation, the requested AI capability is meant to support the Vigilant Keeper project, as DIU officials hope to flag vulnerabilities, particularly “circumstances […]
The Government Accountability Office seeks to enter into five-year blanket purchase agreements with contractors capable of supporting cloud technology within its Innovation Lab. According to the agency’s request for information notice, the potential multi-award BPA framework is expected to include five categories of cloud support, namely the resale of infrastructure-as-a-service, acquisition support for procurement of […]
The U.S. Air Force has issued a request for information for air-breathing conventional cruise missiles that could be launched from fighter jets and bombers. Information received through the RFI will help the military service determine when it should begin funding a new hypersonics program and how quickly it can field the weapon, according to Will […]
