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C3.ai, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and multiple universities have partnered to release two major initiatives: C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute and C3.ai DTI First Call for Research Proposals, C3.ai announced on Thursday. 

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a multimillion-dollar contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a platform designed to help the military identify objects in large sets of imagery data using artificial intelligence, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday.

Yasser Ibrahim, former science and engineering leader at Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), assumed the role of senior vice president of artificial intelligence at public safety technology provider Axon (Nasdaq: AAXN) on March 9. He will report to Jeff Kunins, Axon’s chief product officer and executive VP of software, as he leads the AI team through the company’s Seattle-based global software hub and works with an independent board that seeks to deploy AI technologies with an ethical design framework, Axon said Wednesday.

Axon (Nasdaq: AAXN) has appointed three new members to its AI Ethics Board, including Dr. Wael Abd-Almageed, the company announced on Tuesday. The board was established in April 2018 to guide the responsible development and use of AI-powered technologies being developed.

Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) and a four-time Wash100 award winner, said the company is “investing heavily” in its next-generation satellite constellation designed to collect satellite imagery, Inside Defense reported Thursday. "We are through the bulk of the build of what we're calling our WorldView Legion," Frazier told the publication in an interview.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Tom Romeo, president of Maximus' federal segment, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for his commitment to drive revenue for the company, innovative technology for the future and to improve federal agencies capabilities from within to enhance citizen engagement. 

Matt Goodrich, principal solutions engineer at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), has said the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program sets a standardized approach to cloud security in the federal government and its continuous evolution has resulted in agencies starting to realize that the cloud offers better security. Goodrich wrote that agencies now see security as a fundamental part of the development process from the beginning and their level of trust in cloud deployments enables them to quickly develop applications designed to support the needs of employees and citizens.

Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented chief information officer of the Department of Defense (DoD), his second consecutive Wash100 Award as part of the 2020 selection.  Executive Mosaic recognizes Deasy for prioritizing information technology projects that drive DoD's digital modernization and new tech adoption.

Executive Mosaic is thrilled to present Dave Levy, vice president of federal business for Amazon Web Services (AWS), as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for leading the push for information technology modernization and cloud adoption for federal agencies as well as forming significant partnerships to advance AWS’ capabilities. 

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 25, 2020 — Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) and four-time Wash100 awardee, said government agencies increasingly turn to commercial platforms, imagery and services to perform missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Feb. 19.