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For Iridium’s Matt Desch, Questions Remain About Satellite-Cellular Convergence, But Resolution ‘Inevitable’

For Iridium Communications CEO and 2024 Wash100 winner Matt Desch, the resolution of the various issues surrounding satellite-cellular convergence is "inevitable" but it is taking some time. One of the issues that remains unclear involves viable and profitable business models for direct-to-device converged services, though the satellite and cellular industries appear interested.

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March 22, 2024, 9:14 am
in Artificial Intelligence, News

Accenture to Contribute Accelerators, Support Personnel for Partnership With Anthropic, AWS on Responsible AI Deployment

Accenture has entered into a partnership with Amazon Web Services and artificial intelligence company Anthropic with the aim of providing organizations with the ability to adopt and scale generative AI technology in a responsible manner. Accenture said Wednesday that, under the partnership, it will provide customers with services and accelerators — like a new generative AI switchboard — that will make it possible to customize AI models for specific needs.

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March 22, 2024, 9:12 am
in Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, News

RingCentral’s Stacy Schwartz Touts Benefits of Modern Voice Communications for Emergency Services

Emergency services should include modern voice communication platforms in any discussion on capability modernization, according to Stacy Schwartz, head of U.S. public sector and education at RingCentral, the provider of a cloud-based communication platform. In an opinion column published Wednesday on StateTech, Schwartz says that unlike analog voice communication tools, modern voice comes in the form of mobile apps that can integrate various data streams, benefiting disaster response as well as daily emergency medical services.

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March 21, 2024, 10:56 am
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DIU Partners With 3 Companies to Develop Orbital Logistics Capabilities

Aerospace company Blue Origin is finalizing the development of the Dark-Sky-1 mission system, whose purpose is to demonstrate the mission operation and flight system capabilities of a heavy utility multi-orbit logistics vehicle. The work is being carried out under a contract between Blue Origin and the Defense Innovation Unit, which said Wednesday that it had also been working with two other companies — Space Logistics and SpaceBilt — to achieve logistics capabilities, like Dark-Sky-1, that would provide low-cost access to geostationary orbit and those beyond low Earth orbit.

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March 21, 2024, 10:53 am
in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, DOD, News

Accenture Federal Services’ Garland Garris Discusses Company Role in Energy Department-Led Quantum Advancement Effort

Garland Garris, the quantum lead and associate director for security and science at Accenture Federal Services, discussed in a recent interview his company's participation in a Department of Energy project focused on achieving advancements with the help of quantum technologies. Garris told Federal News Network that his company is working with various agencies to comply with the provisions Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act.

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March 20, 2024, 10:56 am
in Artificial Intelligence, News

NVIDIA Announces New Superchip for AI Workloads

NVIDIA has unveiled the GB200 Grace Blackwell superchip. Powered by six new technologies, including Blackwell-architecture GPUs called the B200 and the fifth-generation NVIDIA NVLink, the platform works to enable organizations to build and run real-time generative artificial intelligence, NVIDIA said Monday.

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March 20, 2024, 10:31 am
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Intelsat CEO David Wajsgras Discusses Potential Moves on MEO Constellation & Satellite-to-Cell Market

Intelsat CEO David Wajsgras recently said that his company is considering an investment in a medium-Earth orbit constellation and intends to make a decision regarding the effort before the end of the second quarter. Wajsgras, a former Wash100 awardee, made the remarks at the SATELLITE 2024 conference, where he noted that, if Intelsat proceeds with the MEO investment, other parties may provide outside financial support.

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March 19, 2024, 11:49 am
in Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, News

Expanded Collaboration Between Oracle & NVIDIA Seen to Provide Customers With Sovereign AI Offerings

Oracle will expand its collaboration with NVIDIA to provide customers around the world with products and services that support digital and artificial intelligence sovereignty. Oracle said Monday that these products and services can be achieved through the combination of its own enterprise AI with the full-stack AI platform of NVIDIA and then deployed via a customer's data center, the public cloud or Oracle's cloud offerings.

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March 19, 2024, 11:45 am
in Contract Awards, Foreign Military Sales, News

Italy’s Requests for $90M in Sidewinder Missiles & Related Equipment Approved by State Department

The Department of State has approved a potential $90 million foreign military sale of AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles and related equipment to Italy. The FMS covers three requests from the Italian government for a total of 66 Block II+ Sidewinder missile variants and seven tactical guidance units, plus 24 AIM-9X Captive Air Training Missiles and four accompanying guidance units, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday.

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March 18, 2024, 11:08 am
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Opinion: Private 5G Networks to Benefit US Military Training Operations

Deploying private 5G networks is key to enabling warfighting training at sprawling U.S. military bases, according to a recent opinion column from Nokia. The column says that not only does private wireless provide connectivity for training being conducted across a large facility, it also provides the bandwidth needed to replicate real-world scenarios, including the use of virtual reality and augmented reality and controlling unmanned vehicles.

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March 18, 2024, 11:08 am
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Terran Orbital Announces New Small Satellite Offering for Geosynchronous Communications Market

Terran Orbital will unveil at the upcoming SATELLITE 2024 trade show SmallSat GEO, an offering meant for the communications market that will operate in geosynchronous orbit. Terran Orbital said Thursday that SmallSat GEO marks its entrance and expansion into the small satellite geosynchronous orbit market, an effort for which the company will take advantage of its prior GEO mission experience and its investment in an advanced manufacturing facility with automation in build and test.

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March 15, 2024, 10:51 am
in Artificial Intelligence, DHS, News, Wash100

CBP Chief Information Officer Sonny Bhagowalia Wins 1st Wash100 Award for IT, AI Leadership

Executive Mosaic is honored to announce the selection of Sonny Bhagowalia, assistant commissioner at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Information Technology and CBP chief information officer, as a winner of the Wash100 award for 2024. For his first Wash100 win, Bhagowalia is being recognized for his work in promoting the adoption of artificial intelligence to help his agency carry out its mission.

Vote for Sonny Bhagowalia as one of your favorite GovCon industry leaders at Wash100.com. You also have a chance to hear insights from him and other CIOs and experts at the Potomac Officers Club's 5th Annual CIO Summit. Register now to attend this event!

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March 14, 2024, 11:33 am