SOCOM adding AI, autonomy ‘at every level,’ commander says
Fast adoption illustrates smaller organizations’ ability to harness disruptive tech. AI and autonomy are being integrated into special operations “at every level,” the leader of U.S. Special Operations Command told lawmakers on Tuesday—an indication that SOCOM, like smaller organizations everywhere, is well-poised to take advantage of disruptive technologies. They are “critical” to sensing the battlefield, continuously […]
CBP seeks AI solutions to keep pace with rising volumes of border scans
A new sources sought notice seeks artificial intelligence tools to help agents sift through tens of thousands of X-ray images at ports of entry. Customs and Border Protection is facing a volume problem as it expands the scanning of cars and trucks at ports of entry. The so-called non-intrusive inspection scanning technology that CBP is deploying […]
York Space Systems to acquire terminal maker in $355M transaction
This is York Space Systems’ second agreement to buy another company since its $629 million initial public offering in January. York Space Systems has agreed to acquire All.Space Holdings, a maker of satellite terminals for connecting to multiple networks from one unit, in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $355 million. All.Space opened for business in 2013 […]
Firestorm Labs wraps up $82M Series B round
Washington Harbour Partners, the venture arms of Booz Allen Hamilton and Lockheed Martin, and the intelligence community’s In-Q-Tel organization are staying involved in the maker of portable drone manufacturing systems. Firestorm Labs, a maker of portable drone manufacturing systems for use in expeditionary locations, has collected $82 million in Series B capital from investors to further […]
GSA hits one-year mark for OneGov
The General Services Administration’s effort to centralize brand name technology purchases has brought in 20 companies as participants so far. The General Services Administration is touting milestones for its OneGov initiative, which the agency unveiled roughly a year ago as its means to consolidate how federal government’s purchases of many commercial technology offerings. Since OneGov’s launch […]
COMMENTARY: A year of OneGov: Over a billion in savings and still growing
COMMENTARY | The Trump administration’s landmark initiative proved that consolidated, smart purchasing is not only good for government operations but also the bottom line. The General Services Administration (GSA) launched the OneGov initiative with a simple but ambitious goal: to transform how the federal government procures technology by acting as a single, unified customer. Today, we […]