The U.S. Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice is requesting public feedback on the use of artificial intelligence in the criminal justice system. The feedback will inform a comprehensive report mandated by President Joe Biden’s October 2023 executive order on AI, which emphasizes ensuring fair and impartial justice for all, FedScoop reported. According to […]
Harbec, an Addman Group business, announced that it has secured a qualification project for additive manufacturing of copper-nickel components in submarine fittings from the U.S. Navy. The vendor will tap collective expertise and resources across its seven production facilities across the United States to shorten the production time, a concern commonly associated with traditional castings. […]
Three Oracle Cloud Infrastructure regions are now accredited under the Defense Information Systems Agency’s impact level 6 for hosting secret classified data. According to Oracle, its cloud infrastructure now covers all Department of Defense impact levels, offering full support to DOD customers’ requirements. In August 2023, the company launched a solution authorized for IL 2, […]
MSBAI announced that it has completed its AFWERX Phase 2 SBIR contract, “GURU Owns the Modeling and Simulation Tech Stack.” On Monday, the U.S. Air Force received from the Air Force Techstars 2020 firm an autonomous solution for use at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Center, capable of setting up […]
Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said that the U.S. needs to increase investments in missile defense amid the growing number of intermediate and long-range missile technologies used by foreign adversaries. Speaking at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 2024 Missile Defense Conference on Tuesday, Shyu, a past Potomac Officers Club speaker and […]
The National Guard Bureau is partnering with the Defense Innovation Unit to leverage X Development’s artificial intelligence-powered technology, Bellwether, for faster and more efficient response to natural disasters. Bellwether seeks to streamline the analysis of aerial imagery captured by the Civil Air Patrol during emergencies, which could take days through traditional methods, the DIU said. […]
Palantir’s AI Mission Command Capability and Predictive Maintenance and its Precision Sustainment Suite have been granted “awardable” status under the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace of the Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office. According to Palantir, the two capabilities both support DOD initiatives to harness artificial intelligence on strategies such as the Joint All-Domain […]
Teledyne FLIR Defense has secured a contract valued at up to $249 million from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command as part of the latter’s Organic Precision Fires-Light program. The OPF-L program focuses on equipping rifle squads and platoons with man-portable, reusable drone systems capable of engaging targets beyond its line of sight, enhancing the […]
Google Cloud has launched new training courses and certifications on generative artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and data analytics to help open job opportunities, with the Department of the Treasury as one of the initial employer-partners. Karen Dahut, Google Public Sector CEO and a 2024 Wash100 award winner, wrote in a blog post that the trainings are free, […]
The Los Alamos National Laboratory unveiled a new supercomputer developed with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NVIDIA on Monday, accelerating work on the use of artificial intelligence in advancing national security and basic research. The Venado is an HPE Cray EX supercomputer networked with an HPE Slingshot 11 interconnect to supercharge its performance with extremely high-speed […]
