The U.S. Army is developing new electronic warfare platforms to counter the growing threat of unmanned aerial systems on the battlefield. The military is focusing on a layered defense strategy that combines hard kill methods, such as shooting down drones with missiles, with soft kill systems that use electronic jamming to disrupt communication links between […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency struggles to expand commercial cloud capabilities for troops outside the continental United States due to insufficient funding, according to Col. Jeffrey Strauss, the agency’s acquisition deputy for programs. The military deputy said that while DISA reported progress with its existing pilots as part of the Joint Operational Edge initiative, its […]
The Senate’s bipartisan working group on artificial intelligence is expected to release its policy roadmap “within a few weeks” to help Congress better regulate the development and deployment of the technology. Speaking at the AI Expo for National Competitiveness in Washington on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that the AI roadmap will act […]
The U.S. Army has tapped Accenture Federal Services for its Enterprise Application Modernization and Migration program, geared to accelerate the transition of the service branch’s legacy applications to the cloud. According to Accenture, the Army’s EAMM task order has a potential value of $127 million, with a one-year base period and two optional years. Most […]
Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, said that while the Department of Defense has made a lot of progress in adopting artificial intelligence, it should do more to advance how the technology supports various operations. Speaking at a Special Competitive Studies Project-hosted AI and […]
The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource pilot announced that it has granted the initial 35 projects access to resources needed to pursue responsible development of AI. Led by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, the initial batch of projects will have access to the Delta computing system at the National Center for […]
Researchers and scientists from U.S. national laboratories have collaborated on a new report on artificial intelligence approaches that the Department of Energy can use to accelerate renewable energy development at lesser risks and costs. Behind the report titled “AI for Energy” are the Argonne National Laboratory, the DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory, the National Renewable Energy […]
The U.S. Marine Corps is planning to field sensors that can monitor radio signals sent or received by unmanned aerial vehicles and those that use auditory cues for drone recognition. Speaking at the Modern Day Marine conference, Capt. Taylor Barefoot, the counter-unmanned aerial systems capabilities integration officer in the Marine Corps’ Capabilities Development Directorate, said […]
A series of recently completed field tests is advancing the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Manta Ray unmanned underwater vehicle program to the next phase of testing for transition to the U.S. Navy. According to the agency, the latest tests involved Northrop Grumman’s demonstration of a Manta Ray prototype off the Southern California coast in […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has incorporated AgEagle’s eBee TAC drone into its recent training program for national guardsmen. The eBee TAC is the first fixed-wing drone approved by the Defense Innovation Unit for operation over people. It adheres to the National Defense Authorization Act regulations, AgEagle said. The USACE’s Unmanned Aviation System Basic […]
