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Lockheed Supports DOD’s Joint All Domain Operations Goal Through Experimentation; Stephanie Hill Quoted

Companies like Lockheed Martin are participating in joint exercises to help the Department of Defense come up with a joint all-domain operations platform that can link sensors to shooters to achieve decision dominance, Breaking Defense reported Monday. “[It’s] about machine learning, artificial intelligence, eventually quantum computing—the speed at which they’re able to operate, and really […] More

by Jane Edwards June 15, 2021, 11:58 am
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Novetta CEO Tiffanny Gates Sees Growth Opportunities in Teaming With Accenture Federal Services

Accenture Federal Services announced on June 1 that it agreed to acquire Novetta and Tiffanny Gates, president and CEO of Novetta and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said the transaction presents an opportunity for both companies, CRN reported Wednesday. “Teaming with Accenture Federal Services will be an opportunity for both of us,” said Gates. “Not […] More

by Jane Edwards June 10, 2021, 11:53 am
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Air Force to Expand C3 AI Platform Deployment for Aircraft Maintenance
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John Goodman: Novetta Deal to Provide Accenture Federal Services Additional Tech Capabilities for Federal Clients

John Goodman, CEO of Accenture Federal Services, said acquiring Novetta will provide AFS access to artificial intelligence, data analytics, cybersecurity, machine learning and other core capabilities that are currently in demand among federal government customers, The Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday. Accenture’s federal arm announced on Tuesday that it agreed to buy Novetta from global […] More

by Jane Edwards June 3, 2021, 6:06 am
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CACI International Recognized as Fortune 500 Company; CEO John Mengucci Quoted

CACI International has secured spot on the Fortune 500 list of largest companies in the U.S. for the 2020 fiscal year, marking the first time the information technology products and services provider was included in the annual revenue-based ranking. The company attributed the recognition to its continued growth that was demonstrated by its FY20 revenue […] More

by William McCormick June 2, 2021, 10:06 am
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Red 6 Closes Series A Funding Round for Synthetic Air Combat Training Tech; Daniel Robinson Quoted

Santa Monica, California-based Red 6 has raised $30 million in a round of Series A financing, giving the augmented reality technology firm a valuation of $130 million. Snowpoint Ventures led the funding round with a $25 million investment, while new and other existing investors contributed $5 million to the round, Red 6 said Tuesday. “This […] More

by Jane Edwards June 2, 2021, 4:06 am
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Palantir Secures Potential $111M USSOCOM Contract for Enterprise Data Management

Palantir Technologies has secured a potential $111 million contract requires the company to continue its work with U.S. Special Operations Command as part of the Mission Command System/Common Operational Picture program. The company said Friday it provides USSOCOM with enterprise data management and artificial intelligence-enabled mission command platform to support mission operations. Palantir’s software is […] More

by William McCormick May 28, 2021, 10:05 am
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Energy Department Unveils First Phase of ‘Perlmutter’ Supercomputer

The Department of Energy’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California has launched the initial phase of a new supercomputer, dubbed Perlmutter, designed to support U.S. scientific research and discoveries in areas such as artificial intelligence, data science, climate change, semiconductors, clean energy technologies and advanced computing. Perlmutter is […] More

by Jane Edwards May 28, 2021, 7:05 am
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NIST Seeks to Identify AI Measurement, Evaluation Approaches via 3-Day Workshop
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AWS’ Dave Levy: Cloud Migration Via TMF Could Help Agencies Improve Cybersecurity, Citizen Services

Dave Levy, vice president of U.S. government, nonprofit and healthcare businesses at Amazon Web Services, wrote in a blog post published Monday that cloud adoption through the Technology Modernization Fund could help government agencies improve cybersecurity, update high-priority systems, reduce costs and enhance the delivery of services to citizens. Levy, a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, […] More

by Jane Edwards May 25, 2021, 5:05 am
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DARPA Program Aims to Help Autonomous System Operators Understand AI Process

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a program that seeks to help operators of highly automated and artificial intelligence systems respond to unexpected off-nominal behavior of technology. DARPA said Friday it aims to explore human-machine interface tools that could offer users a basic understanding of the processes, performance and environmental context of an […] More

by Angeline Leishman May 24, 2021, 8:05 am
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ECS’ Aaron Burciaga: Government Requires More Understandable AI as Data Science Adoption Increases

Aaron Burciaga, vice president of artificial intelligence at ECS, said the government requires more understandable artificial intelligence as it increasingly adopts the use of machine learning to drive data-centric operations. Several agencies including the Department of Defense’s Joint AI Center have commenced a number of efforts that speed up the government’s AI and ML implementation, […] More

by Nichols Martin May 21, 2021, 8:05 am