Historically, acquisition processes within the United States federal government have not been associated with speed or efficiency. In fact, government officials often point to bureaucratic and tedious acquisition processes as a major hurdle in delivering cutting-edge technologies to government agencies and military forces in a timely manner. Today, ...
Government AI Events Guide: Top 10 Conferences and Summits provide essential detail about the Artificial Intelligence trends in the industry. Artificial Intelligence means the capacity of a computer or computer-controlled robot to perform jobs typically performed by humans. Initially, the purpose of artificial intelligence is to supplement human cap...
The Department of Defense is in the midst of a “reluctant revolution in military affairs,” according to National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth III. With the advent of modern autonomous technologies, the U.S. military is currently undergoing never-before-seen efforts to uncrew “considerable portions” o...
The U.S. Intelligence Community is saddled with many of the same challenges as organizations from various sectors that process information in attempts to make it actionable: an excess of data and a need to find efficient and dependable ways to sort through it. As information assessors, IC representatives like Rhett Skiles, deputy assistant secr...
The great power competition and its ripple effects are dramatically impacting the global intelligence landscape and reshaping how the United States Intelligence Community executes its missions. Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Dr. Stacey Dixon highlighted this — “the intensifying strategic competition with China and ...
Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) has agreed to acquire Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK) for approximately $28 billion in a transaction that will enable the San Jose, California-based technology company to expand its capabilities meant to help organizations harness the power of artificial intelligence to improve security and digital resilience. The boards of directors of C...
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has secured a potential seven-year, $160 million single-award contract to develop hardware and software products for the U.S. intelligence community. Mike Kushin, president of Parsons’ defense and intelligence sector, said in a statement published Thursday that the company will build on its technical expertise to help the I...
The Air Force Research Laboratory has begun soliciting white papers for a potential five-year, $497.9 million broad agency announcement that seeks to support research, development, integration and testing of computing technologies, architectures and techniques. The Extreme Computing BAA has four technical areas: advancing computing technology and ap...
Parsons Corporation Chief Financial Officer Matt Ofilos has been appointed to chair Executive Mosaic’s CFO Group for its 4×24 leadership series. 4×24 is a well-respected tradition in the government contracting and federal markets, bringing together renowned speakers from perches in the public sector to collaborate with and addr...
While artificial intelligence is not necessarily a new technology, recent advancements are unlocking new opportunities and threats alike at a more rapid pace than ever before. Bill Rowan, vice president of public sector at Splunk and a four-time Wash100 Award winner, spoke about the key areas of AI growth, the challenges related to AI...
