Eric Hysen, the Department of Homeland Security’s chief information officer and chief AI officer, expects the agency’s program to hire 50 artificial intelligence experts in 2024 to be “a major draw” for talents, even as the private sector provides higher pay to them. The DHS jobs, with annual pay ranging from $123,000 to $191,900, offer […]
The U.S. Navy is considering the use of generative artificial intelligence to automate the assignment of security classifications. David Broyles, research program director at the Center for Naval Analysis, said at the DON IT West conference on Wednesday that analysts can depend on large language models to analyze datasets to gain a better understanding of […]
The head of the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet made two key announcements for the service’s unmanned capabilities during the West 2024 Conference. According to Adm. Samuel Paparo, the Navy plans to establish its second, uniformed squadron to oversee unmanned surface drone capabilities to allow the service to own and operate its drones in certain spaces […]
The U.S. Navy’s chief of naval operations is optimistic about the service’s ability to operate a manned-unmanned fleet within the next decade. Speaking at the WEST 2024 conference on Tuesday, Adm. Lisa Franchetti shared that the Navy is keen on integrating the manned-unmanned teaming concept by 2030. Franchetti also said the service will create the […]
Adm. Samuel Paparo, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, has suggested deploying a large task force of low-cost, long-range unmanned sensor platforms, such as drones and robot ships, to closely monitor Chinese military activities in the West Pacific. Speaking at a Defense Innovation Unit event on Tuesday, Paparo said artificial intelligence can analyze the fleet’s data to […]
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has revealed that at least two of the five vendors in the collaborative combat aircraft program will proceed to the next development phase in the coming months. Boeing, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Anduril are vying to deliver drones that will fly alongside fifth- and sixth-generation fighter jets, […]
The U.S. Central Command has concluded a weeklong sprint to develop counter one-way unmanned aerial system capabilities. Sandtrap, a special event within the Department of Defense’s recurring Bravo hackathon series, saw coders prototype technology to improve cUAS process speed and accuracy, CENTCOM said Friday. The command explained that hosting coders at headquarters allows internal subject […]
UT-Battelle, operator and manager of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has purchased for ORNL a fleet of AgEagle Aerial Systems’ eBee X and eBee TAC drones, both government-approved unmanned aerial vehicles. ORNL’s Autonomous Systems group uses drones to improve its data collection for environmental and national security research in remote places. The […]
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office released a guidance proposal on Monday highlighting the importance of humans in technology innovation and invention. According to the USPTO’s guidance, inventorship analysis should focus on human contributions as generative AI and other AI tools play a greater role in technology innovation. Focusing on human contributions would ensure that […]
The Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has granted Sunnyvale, California-based generative artificial intelligence technology firm Alan AI “Awardable” status in the CDAO Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace. The company’s marketplace offering is a generative AI assistant that facilitates a wide range of workflow applications through user-friendly text and voice interfaces and AI decision-making […]
