INDEPENDENT RESEARCH / PRACTICE NOTES
This is my working notebook on AI engineering, strategy, knowledge infrastructure, organizational transformation, and the human systems that determine whether innovation becomes real capability.
The notes range from emerging research questions to practical operating models. Some will become papers, tools, talks, or products. Others are here because thinking improves when it is made visible.
John Heneghan, ECS President, offers insightful observations on the swift evolution of generative AI technologies and their profound impacts on the possibilities, threats, and opportunities within the realm of AI in his latest Executive Spotlight interview.
With the growing intricacies in compliance regulations across different fields, the need for advanced AI technologies to seamlessly take the helm is accelerating. A fundamental way to navigate this complex web is by integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into our data creation and management software tools.
Hughes Network Systems has announced its collaboration with the space and defense subsidiary of SES. They will provide software-defined auto-PACE platforms and associated modems to support SES’s contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet program. The original article can be found here .
The array of benefits that artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can offer, particularly to the government contracting (GovCon) industry, should not be overlooked amidst the common discourse on associated risks. Insights shared by Unanet Vice President of Industry Marketing, Kim Koster, provide a glimpse into the transformative potential of AI in this sector.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has so far identified over 100 potential applications for artificial intelligence (AI). As shared by VA’s Chief Technology Officer, Charles Worthington, with members of the House VA Committee, 40 of these cases have now transitioned to an operational phase and are actively being implemented in the field.
A significant development has been announced by the House – the formation of a bipartisan task force dedicated to exploring ways through which Congress can enable the U.S. to uphold its pioneering role in artificial intelligence (AI), while also developing safeguards against emerging threats.
In a recent revelation, an important deliverable is underway for the Pentagon’s Task Force Lima – the development of a ‘classification guide’ for large language models (LLMs).
Cubic’s defense business has been awarded a $41.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by the U.S. Navy. The contract aims at equipping the Naval Air Systems Command’s MH-60 Sierra helicopter fleet with KnightLink full motion video systems. The original article can be found here .