A new KPMG survey has found that 79 percent of government decision-makers said they are confident in the potential of artificial intelligence to improve bureaucratic efficiency. KPMG said Tuesday it conducted an online survey of about 950 business and information technology leaders across seven industries from Jan. 3 to 16 and found that 61 percent of government respondents said AI is at least fully or moderately functional at their agencies.
Raytheon Technologies has infused emerging technology into the company's modeling and simulation process as part of efforts to help defense customers visualize the performance of weapons systems before they make procurement decisions. The company said Wednesday an engineering team within its missile and defense business used artificial intelligence and machine learning to put a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missile through digital testing ahead of a flight test demonstration conducted by the U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency in November last year.
The accidental discovery of a rocket launch in 2017 and the emergence of hypersonic weapons led L3Harris Technologies to transition from being a weather sensor maker into a developer of missile warning satellites, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday.
The Space Development Agency plans to release a solicitation in August to buy 150 satellites and expects those spacecraft to be in orbit by 2024 to support the development of a multilayered system designed to improve surveillance and transmit data to weapons and ground systems, Federal News Network reported Tuesday. “What our architecture is based on is proliferation and spiral development,†Derek Tournear, director of SDA and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said Tuesday at a Space Foundation event.
Orolia's defense and security business has announced the availability of M-Code Military GPS receivers, including M-Code enabled mobile mission timing and synchronization platforms, in its Resilient PNT products and solutions. "As threats against GPS increase, military forces will need M-Code capabilities on mobile PNT systems to ensure continuous operations wherever they go," said Hironori Sasaki, president of Orolia Defense & Security.Â
Ellen Lord, acquisition chief at the Department of Defense and four-time Wash100 awardee, said she is confident that DoD can hand down a decision in March on Lockheed Martin's readiness to begin full-rate production of the F-35 aircraft.
The Department of Defense (DoD) has made continued efforts to transform software procurement across the military, FedScoop reported Thursday. Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment and four-time Wash100 Award recipient, has developed pilot programs to test the acquisition.
After almost two decades of success hosting events and keeping the government contracting (GovCon) community woven together and informed on the latest developments in the industry. Through Potomac Officers Club (POC), Executive Mosaic has launched ‘GovConWire Events’ to continue our mission of connecting executives to each other.Â
Summit 7 Systems has been selected for the Microsoft 2020 MSUS Partner Award in the modern workplace category for providing customers with end-to-end security solutions based on Microsoft security and compliance capabilities in 365 and Azure.
Peter Warren Singer, strategist at the New America organization and author of "Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution," will serve as a keynote speaker at Potomac Officers Club’s “AI Just Beyond Tomorrow†virtual event on Thursday, May 28th.Â