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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected SRI International to construct an artificial intelligence platform with machine learning features to gradually improve task performance. The company said Wednesday it will perform this work under DARPA’s Lifelong Learning Machines Program. Modern AI systems may be prone to catastrophic forgetting that occurs when new content disrupts previous information, SRI […] More
Alaska-based Alutiiq‘s Advance Security Solutions business has received a potential $75.9 million contract to provide physical security services for multiple NASA sites. The company will work to secure Goddard Space Flight Center, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Wallops Flight Facility and the Independent Verification and Validation Facility, the space agency said Wednesday. The contract has a base of $18.1 million, with $15 million covering the […] More
Systems Planning and Analysis has opened an office in Canberra, Australia, to serve current and new government customers in the country. SPA said Wednesday it intends to recruit local professionals in the coming months to work at the new facility. William Vantine, president and CEO of SPA, said the company has supported the Australian navy’s Future Submarine Program over […] More
The Philippines plans to launch a potential $14 billion development project that seeks to establish a new sustainable city approximately 75 miles outside the Manila capital, Business Insider reported last Wednesday. BCDA Group and Surbana Jurong will serve as developers of the New Clark city project that is set to enter the construction phase in […] More
New York-based firm CA Technologies has received approval from the Defense Department to operate the CA Privileged Access Manager system as a cybersecurity tool. CA Technologies said Wednesday CA PAM is now included in the DoD Information Network’s Approved Product List and National Information Assurance Partnership’s Product Compliant List. Mordecai Rosen, general manager for cybersecurity […] More
U.K.-based air traffic control services provider NATS has made a $69 million equity investment in Aireon in order to help speed up the development of technologies for aviation surveillance. NATS said Wednesday its decision to buy a 10 percent equity stake in Aireon comes as the latter prepares to offer a space-based service – Aireon […] More
Microsoft has signed a six-year agreement with the U.S. intelligence community to expand the use of the company’s technology offerings by 17 agencies within the IC. The transformative agreement extends an enterprise licensing deal awarded to Dell and covers the provision of Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud, Office 365 for US Government and Windows 10 offerings […] More
Battelle has announced plans to select technology research-and-development projects to receive funds through the nonprofit company’s inaugural R&D Challenge. The company said Wednesday it will introduce the competition during the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference that is scheduled to take place at the Tampa Bay Convention Center in Florida from May 22 to 24. Mike Kuhlman, […] More
Sikorsky Aircraft President Dan Schultz has said the company’s first CH-53K King Stallion delivery to the U.S. Marine Corps initiates the distribution of the new heavy-lift cargo helicopter, which will be used for combat and relief operations. “With 18 additional aircraft in various stages of production already, the entire Sikorsky team, in partnership with our […] More
Sparton will collaborate with Raytheon to design, test and deploy a mine neutralization system as part of the latter company’s potential $363 million contract with the U.S. Navy. De Leon Spring, Fla.-based Sparton said Wednesday it will produce a deployment packaging technology and a wireless communications buoy for Raytheon’s Barracuda mine neutralizer vehicle. Jim Lackemacher, vice president of […] More
The Customs and Border Protection has re-certified a WidePoint technology platform designed to help government customers manage telecommunications systems. WidePoint said Wednesday its ITMS telecommunications life cycle management platform received CBP recertification for compliance with the Section 508 amendment to law mandating that electronic and information technology offerings for the federal government are accessible to people with disabilities. “ITMS supports the management […] More
Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary has awarded a $2.3 million subcontract to Polaris Alpha for assistance in developing new artificial intelligence tools for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The team aims to develop semantic-based technologies for abductive reasoning under the agency’s Active Interpretation of Disparate Alternatives program that seeks to construct an adaptive engine that would interpret dynamic, dangerous situations, Polaris Alpha said Tuesday. […] More
