General Dynamics IT challenges DISA’s Enclave expansion
GDIT says the Defense Information Systems Agency should have competed the requirement to migrate the combatant commands to the IT environment instead of giving the work to Leidos. General Dynamics IT is protesting a move by the Defense Information Systems Agency to expand the scope of Leidos’ $11 billion Enclave contract. DISA has added the migration […]
Tech Bills of the Week: Leveraging AI for cancer research; Securing chatbots for underage users; and more
Congress’ latest bills look to apply AI for both public benefit and enhanced federal operations, namely safeguarding AI chatbots, helping the government strengthen pediatric cancer research and securing the U.S.-Mexico border. This week’s roundup includes several measures that were introduced in the week leading up to the July 4 holiday. AI to help fight pediatric cancer […]
Marines eye cloudless networks to keep AI tools running when the cloud goes down
The software company Ditto says it can solve a key problem by networking “whatever transports the customer brings.” The cloud connectivity that makes big AI models work is also the reason they won’t work in war. As the Marine Corps explores ways to bring AI tools to the battlefield, it is looking at one software company’s […]