Tag Archives: AI

Nlyte Software has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for its cognitive data center infrastructure management platform. Nlyte Machine Learning leverages the artificial intelligence capabilities of the IBM Watson IoT platform to help agencies meet the federal government’s security requirements and comply with the Data Center Optimization Initiative, …

Rob Zitz, a senior vice president at Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary, told SpaceNews in an interview published Monday that a space layer designed for missile defense will benefit from an end-to-end solution including sensors and satellites. Zitz, chief strategy officer for government systems at SSL, said artificial intelligence and other technology …

Alion Science and Technology has launched artificial intelligence tools designed to aid human-machine teaming in defense and security operations. The company said Friday it will use agile engineering approaches in efforts to help clients implement new AI-based technology platforms. Todd Borkey, chief technology officer at Alion, said the company wants …

Raytheon has teamed up with two companies to help organizations protect financial, health care and electoral systems and other critical infrastructure from cyber threats through the adoption of artificial intelligence, analytics and isolated browsers. “With global critical infrastructure systems under constant attack, organizations need flexible access to the most advanced …

Dave Vennergrund, director of data and analytics at General Dynamics’ information technology business unit, has said cloud technology offers an avenue for federal agencies and companies to develop artificial intelligence tools. He wrote in a blog entry posted Thursday that cloud provides a system designed to facilitate algorithmic machine learning processes; …

General Dynamics Information Technology has listed Google Cloud Platform service offerings under a special item number on the General Services Administration’s IT Schedule 70 contract. GDIT said Tuesday it will provide federal agencies access to GCP products and services through the schedule’s Cloud Computing Services SIN 132-40. GCP is a Federal …

William Bender, senior vice president of strategic accounts and government relations at Leidos, said he has observed military services working to modernize information technology networks, MeriTalk reported Tuesday. The retired U.S. Air Force general described the military network modernization project as “complex” and noted that USAF’s projects include building software-based and virtual networks. …

A new partnership between MapR Technologies and Deloitte Consulting aims to jointly deliver modernized services in the areas of artificial intelligence, internet of things, analytics, big data and cloud. MapR said Tuesday that its MapR Data Platform would provide the partnership with data processing services to help customers mitigate risks …

Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization at Raytheon‘s intelligence, information and services business, has said the company uses a crowd development approach to identify innovation partners and new technologies such as artificial intelligence. “We are leveraging the power of the crowd,” Probert wrote in an article published Friday …

The Commerce Department‘s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is requesting for industry input on artificial intelligence technologies and approaches that can be applied to support the agency’s patent search and examination activities. USPTO is in need of applications that would widen information searches, classify information, increase the validity of search results, summarize …

Booz Allen Hamilton CEO Horacio Rozanski said during a recent earnings call the company has invested in artificial intelligence as the Defense Department and federal agencies tap into the technology, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday. “We see this as the beginning of something. The market for [AI] is here and Booz Allen is well prepared …

The U.S. government has initiated several efforts this year to advance the use of artificial intelligence and other cognitive technology platforms to facilitate the delivery of services to citizens, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. Those include the formation of a new select committee to coordinate AI research initiatives, the …

The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency has selected Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies to develop an artificial intelligence technology that would offer AI-generated explanations. Raytheon BBN aims to build the Explainable Question Answering System through DARPA’s Explainable Artificial Intelligence program, the company said Tuesday. The program aims to help people manage and trust AI applications through …

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to propose applied research and basic concepts that could help build and maintain systems designed to facilitate automated knowledge curation, discovery and application. A FedBizOpps notice posted Aug. 17 says the Artificial Intelligence Exploration  opportunity focuses on two technical areas: machine-assisted …

The Office of Naval Research, Naval Research Laboratory and Carnegie Mellon University have partnered to boost interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and artificial intelligence studies for the U.S. Navy. NRL said Thursday the three entities will educate CMU students on the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief-related aspects of …