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US DOD experts discuss the need for cloud warfighting

Homeland August 20, 2019

Officials from the US Department of Defense spoke about the importance of cloud warfighting capabilities at a Pentagon event. The Department of Defense (DOD) Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy spoke about the army’s readiness for cloud warfighting technology. He said that warfighters were ready for enterprise cloud technology to gain better ...

How AI can combat the rising threat of encrypted malware

July 10, 2019

Omar Yaacoubi, CEO and Co-founder, Barac (www.barac.io) writes for Defence Online and examines the dangers of encrypted malware and how artificial intelligence could play a significant role in combatting its threat.  Cybersecurity and data protection have become a top priority in the UK. Fear of exploitative ransomware attacks, high profile data ...

JAIC and DSTA collaborate on AI disaster relief

Homeland July 3, 2019

The US Department of Defense’s (DOD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) and Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) held a multi-day technology exchange to promote collaboration around Artificial Intelligence, focusing on humanitarian assistance / disaster relief (HA/DR). The Asia-Pacific is prone to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones, ...

HHS awards General Dynamics artificial intelligence contract

Homeland June 6, 2019

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has revealed it will provide artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through their Program Support Center (PSC) contract. Through this contract, GDIT becomes pre-qualified to compete on task orders to help HHS utilise advanced technologies for their modernisation efforts. The multiple award, indefinite ...