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  • HP Federal’s Tommy Gardner: NLP, Machine Learning Could Impact IT Issue Resolution
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    HP Federal’s Tommy Gardner: NLP, Machine Learning Could Impact IT Issue Resolution

    Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer of HP Federal, said natural language processing and machine learning are the two forms of artificial intelligence that could have an impact when it comes to addressing information technology issues, InformationWeek reported Monday. He said NLP could be seen through the prototypes of ChatGPT. “You can imagine a scenario where […] More

  • Booz Allen to Advance ‘Soldier as a System’ Concept Under $919M DOD R&D Award; Judi Dotson Quoted
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    Booz Allen to Advance ‘Soldier as a System’ Concept Under $919M DOD R&D Award; Judi Dotson Quoted

    Booz Allen Hamilton has received a potential $919 million task order from the Department of Defense to provide research and development services and advance the development of a soldier-as-a-system concept to support warfighters operating across all combat environments and climatic conditions. The Engineering, Development, Integration and Technology-based Solutions task order will support the DOD’s Joint […] More

  • Carahsoft’s Tim Boltz: AI, Cloud, Cybersecurity Among Key Themes at Health Conference
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    Carahsoft’s Tim Boltz: AI, Cloud, Cybersecurity Among Key Themes at Health Conference

    Tim Boltz, health care program executive at Carahsoft Technology, highlighted some of the key takeaways and themes from a five-day health conference and one of those is the quick adoption of generative artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT and their potential use in the health care sector. “In procedure rooms, cameras with AI can ensure processes […] More

  • In-Q-Tel Backs Launch Vehicle Maker Stoke Space With Multiple Investments
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    In-Q-Tel Backs Launch Vehicle Maker Stoke Space With Multiple Investments

    In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community’s venture capital arm, has made multiple investments in Kent, Washington-based rocket developer Stoke Space, TechCrunch reported Saturday. William Morrison, principal at IQT, told the publication about the investments in Stoke Space and that he led the latest investment that closed in February. Stoke Space is working on a reusable rocket that […] More

  • Oshkosh Defense Bids on Army Robotic Combat Vehicle Program
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    Oshkosh Defense Bids on Army Robotic Combat Vehicle Program

    Oshkosh’s defense business has submitted its proposal for the initial phase of the U.S. Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle program. Oshkosh Defense said Thursday it partnered with Pratt Miller Defense and QinetiQ to compete for the RCV program’s platform prototype design and build phase. According to proposal evaluations, the service branch could select up to four […] More

  • Israel-Based Edgybees Unveils US Entity to Offer Georegistration Software to Government Clients
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    Israel-Based Edgybees Unveils US Entity to Offer Georegistration Software to Government Clients

    Israel-based Edgybees has launched a new U.S. entity to provide georegistration software platforms for U.S. government and commercial customers. Industry leaders named to the newly formed board of directors of Edgybees Inc. include Bradley Feldmann, chairman and CEO of Neology; Keith Masback, a geospatial intelligence consultant and owner of Plum Run; and Darryl Garrett, a […] More

  • Boeing Unveils Data Modeling Tool to Help Aviation Sector Reach Net Zero Emissions Goal
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    Boeing Unveils Data Modeling Tool to Help Aviation Sector Reach Net Zero Emissions Goal

    Boeing has released for public use a data modeling tool designed to analyze the lifecycle of alternative sources of energy for aviation and measure the ability to reduce aviation’s carbon emissions. The Boeing Cascade Climate Impact Model can be accessed on the company’s Sustainable Aerospace Together hub and could help measure aircraft fleet renewal and […] More

  • Proofpoint Becomes Member of CISA-Backed Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative
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    Proofpoint Becomes Member of CISA-Backed Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative

    Proofpoint has joined a public-private initiative launched by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in 2021 to connect cyber defense professionals from organizations around the world. Proofpoint said Wednesday membership in the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative will provide the company with information on security vulnerabilities and other cyber issues and best practices to mitigate such […] More

  • ORNL Study Compares Capabilities of Quantum Computers Using Quantum Volume
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    ORNL Study Compares Capabilities of Quantum Computers Using Quantum Volume

    A team of researchers used quantum volume as a benchmark and Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Quantum Computing User Program to compare the performance of 24 quantum computers offered by companies such as IBM, Quantinuum and Rigetti. Researchers found that most of the quantum processors, also known as noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices, operated close to the […] More

  • Scepter, ExxonMobil Work With AWS to Develop Analytics Tool for Methane Monitoring; Clint Crosier Quoted
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    Scepter, ExxonMobil Work With AWS to Develop Analytics Tool for Methane Monitoring; Clint Crosier Quoted

    Scepter and ExxonMobil are collaborating with Amazon Web Services to build a data analytics platform to help measure methane emissions in the U.S. Permian Basin collected from monitoring tools operating across ground, air and space domains. Scepter said Tuesday the cloud services that AWS provides through the partnership will enable the company to process large […] More

  • Carahsoft’s Tim Boltz: Higher Education Institutions Should Have Cloud Migration Strategy
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    Carahsoft’s Tim Boltz: Higher Education Institutions Should Have Cloud Migration Strategy

    Tim Boltz, education program executive at Carahsoft Technology, said higher education institutions looking to advance digital modernization should have a strategy in place to facilitate the migration to the cloud. “As teams weigh where cloud solutions will take them next, understanding and articulating the need to include data-intensive computing, security, reporting, and analysis is imperative. […] More

  • L3Harris-Air Tractor Team’s Sky Warden Aircraft Moves to Low-Rate Initial Production
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    L3Harris-Air Tractor Team’s Sky Warden Aircraft Moves to Low-Rate Initial Production

    A team composed of L3Harris Technologies and Air Tractor has transitioned to the low-rate initial production phase to build their single-engine light attack aircraft for U.S. Special Operations Command, FlightGlobal reported Saturday. In August 2022, SOCOM awarded the industry team a potential $3 billion contract to provide the AT-802U Sky Warden platform for the Armed […] More