The General Services Administration will continue implementing new cybersecurity and information control requirements in large acquisition contracts, according to a top official. Keith Nakasone, deputy assistant commissioner for acquisition in GSA's Office of Information Technology Category, said future requirements will be in line with the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. “We know that […]
Robert O’Brien, President Trump’s national security adviser, said the U.S. Navy intends to place hypersonic missiles on warships to improve their defense capabilities. Addressing an audience at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine, he added that the service plans to put the advanced weapons on Virginia-class submarines, Zumwalt-class destroyers and Arleigh Burke-class ships. O’Brien noted […]
CGI Federal President Tim Hurlebaus has received his third Wash100 award from Executive Mosaic for securing valuable contracts and acquisitions for his company, in addition to growing its technology offerings. Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson inducted Hurlebaus into the 2020 edition of Wash100, which recognizes leaders in the government contracting space who demonstrate skills in […]
The U.S. Air Force has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to resolve the national and military issues concerning the use of artificial intelligence. The USAF-MIT AI Accelerator is a new service unit that assembles students, scientists, engineers and airmen to accelerate AI systems designs that the military and the public can use. Located […]
Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute will lead a national initiative to create a discipline of artificial intelligence engineering. SEI Emerging Technology Center Director Matt Gaston said the institute will work with partners to create a research strategy that supports the Department of Defense's and Intelligence Community's priorities. Gaston added that SEI will work closely […]
Rear Adm. Lorin Selby, chief of naval research, considers artificial intelligence to be a groundbreaking technology for the U.S. Navy. “I really, truly believe that if we can master this, if we can bring this to all of our capabilities whether it’s your iPhone or your combat system on your ship, this is going to […]
SOS International announced that it has partnered with UiPath, a robotic process automation vendor, to provide business process automation to government customers. Kevin Bearden, senior vice president of SOSi's federal solutions business, said cognitive automation tools like natural language processing and machine learning can help process masses of structured and unstructured data. “This human-digital worker […]
The Office of the Secretary of Defense has partnered with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division to establish the Joint Hypersonics Transition Office Systems Engineering Field Activity at Naval Support Activity in Crane. OSD’s partnership with NSWC was meant to take advantage of the center’s increasing suite of government, industry, and academic capabilities. In […]
The Department of Defense has awarded about $600M in contracts for 5G experimentation and testing at five military test sites. Michael Kratsios, acting undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and a two-time Wash100 winner, said DoD is working closely with industry to ensure that the department fully benefits from the new applications enabled by […]
The Army's experimental hypersonic weapons have demonstrated an extremely high degree of accuracy in testing, according to a top official. “Hypersonic missiles are hitting their targets with a variance of only a mere six inches," Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, a 2020 Wash100 winner, said during a virtual conference hosted by the Association of the United […]
