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Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) announced it is soliciting proposals for early-stage research referred to as seedlings for next-generation microelectronics for artificial intelligence (AI). Interested parties must submit a white paper until May 17, while the proposals themselves are due June 30.

The Department of Veterans Affairs seeks market information on potential application of three types of emerging technology into the Veteran Health Administration's clinical workflow. Future contractors would help VA identify and assess clinically applicable advanced manufacturing, robotic process automation and immersive technologies, VA said Thursday in a SAM notice.

Barbara Fast, a former U.S. Army intelligence officer, has joined Clarifai to serve as senior adviser and member of the company's public sector advisory council. Fast is a retired Army major general who contributed 32 years of service to the military, having held intelligence-related roles with the Army Intelligence Center, Multi-National Forces-Iraq, National Security Agency and Central Security Service.

ManTech International and Google Cloud have agreed to team up to deliver cloud and analytics services to the U.S. federal government. “The partnership grows out of successful collaborations between ManTech and Google Cloud to accelerate government’s digital transformation,” said Matt Tait, chief operating officer of ManTech.

General Motors has secured a commercial license for an artificial intelligence software from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in support of its vehicle technology development efforts. The company will use and evaluate the potential of the Multinode Evolutionary Neural Networks for Deep Learning AI system in speeding up the development of driver assistance technologies.

The public policy think tank Center for Security and Emerging Technology has found some differences and overlaps in the research agenda at six U.S. technology companies that pursue artificial intelligence and machine learning programs. CSET's "Mapping Research Agendas in U.S. Corporate AI Laboratories" report offers a look at AI/ML research topic areas prioritized by IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook.

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has entered into an agreement with Koverse to acquire the company in a move to expand SAIC’s software portfolio into full-stack AI with the ability to tackle the challenge of organizing structured and unstructured data from multiple sources. The terms of the acquisition have yet to be disclosed. 

The U.S. Air Force performed flights of the General Atomics-built MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft equipped with the Reaper Defense Electronic Support System and a digital recorder in Europe through remote split operations. RDESS is an electronic support measure payload that provides MQ-9 with electronic sensing capability by gathering and geolocating signals of interest from standoff ranges, while the digital recorder collects multispectral targeting pod data to further develop machine learning and artificial intelligence applications.

Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Guidehouse CEO Scott McIntyre as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award, his fifth consecutive time winning the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon). Executive Mosaic congratulates Scott McIntyre as well as Guidehouse for his 2021 Wash100 Award. Visit Wash100.com to cast your ten votes before April 30th. 

ASI Government has introduced an automation tool developed in partnership with artificial intelligence company Abeyon to help the Internal Revenue Service modernize its acquisition processes. Intelligent Business Automation works to support the agency's Pilot IRS Program by adding telecommunications security language in select federal contracts.

Clint Crosier, a retired Air Force major general and director of aerospace and satellite solutions at Amazon Web Services, talked about how cloud computing could help aerospace and space industries speed up the analysis of large volumes of data and satellite imagery and address other challenges to the execution of their missions.

Executive Mosaic has announced that Dave Spirk, chief data officer for the Department of Defense (DOD), has received a 2021 Wash100 Award for leading DOD’s new data strategy, advancing the department’s principles to adapt its data culture to support U.S. warfighters and military capabilities. Spirk has received the most prestigious and coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon). 

Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Christopher Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award, the top prize in all of government contracting (GovCon), for his leadership in the COVID-19 pandemic response and relief as well as the advancement of U.S. space exploration and development of IT technology capabilities. 

Virtualitics has secured an $18 million Series B funding that the Pasadena, California-based data analytics software company plans to use to expand its footprint in commercial markets and further support the defense industry through its artificial intelligence-powered offering.

Executive Mosaic is thrilled to announce that Jay Bellissimo,  chief operating officer for Vonage, has been named a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for his leadership and success driving company growth and advancing innovation in cloud communications and other key technologies. This marks the first-time that Bellissimo has received the government contracting (GovCon) sector’s most prestigious award.