Artificial intelligence has become a key driver of innovation and technological advancement both on and off the battlefield. The U.S. Air Force in particular has placed a heavy focus recently on adopting and integrating AI in multiple areas. Here are just a few of the Air Force’s key AI efforts: Gen AI Chatbots The Air...
The U.S. Air Force is exploring a wide range of new technologies and strategies to revolutionize the way it operates on the modern battlefield. To drive progress in its many ongoing initiatives – such as reoptimizing for great power competition, developing novel systems for the Next Generation Air Dominance program and advancing Air Force Secretar...
Merlin Labs has agreed to acquire EpiSys Science, a provider of tactical artificial intelligence software, in a move to expand the autonomous flight technology developer’s multidomain autonomy offerings for the defense market. EpiSci offers its Tactical AI platform for various Department of Defense initiatives including the AFWERX Autonomy Pri...
The Next Generation Air Dominance initiative is a major U.S. Air Force effort to create a sixth-generation “family of systems” that will supplant its current fleet of F-22 Raptor aircraft. Though many program specifics are still shrouded in secrecy, it is one of the service branch’s highest priorities. It is also a notable portion of...
KBR‘s (NYSE: KBR) government services business unit has secured a potential five-year, $99 million contract to help the Air Force Space Vehicles Directorate transition and integrate space domain awareness, battle management command and control and space enterprise capabilities. The Air Force Research Laboratory received one bid for the indefin...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) mission systems division has received a pair of U.S. Air Force contracts worth $279.3 million combined to help sustain and enhance the U.S. Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation System. The company will provide a trusted network environment with cross-domain collaboration and information-sharing capab...
Hughes Network Systems will provide software-defined auto-PACE platforms and related modems for the space and defense subsidiary of SES in support of the latter’s contract work on the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet program. Under a deal with SES Space & Defense, Hughes said Wednesd...
In our everyday lives, we have seemingly unlimited computing capabilities at our very fingertips. But at the tactical edge — often in remote environments with limited or no connectivity — that’s not usually the case. The question defense leaders are grappling with in today’s data-driven world is: How do we get mission critical data, services...
Science and technology are foundational elements of many U.S. Department of Defense initiatives and a key part of keeping pace with near-peer competitors. Though the nation has an expansive innovation ecosystem, there are still stovepipes that exist between S&T organizations, and according to defense experts, breaking down these barriers is nec...
Zaki Saleh currently serves as senior vice president of the health and civilian market at LMI, where he leads profit and loss and growth efforts for the sector. Saleh recently participated in an Executive Spotlight interview with GovCon Wire, where he shared his insights on generative artificial intelligence and large language models and discussed ...
