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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is seeking assistance in developing the FEMA Data Exchange cloud-based delivery service in accordance with Agile-based performance metrics. According to a recent request for information, FEMA is also looking to implement artificial intelligence and machine learning in the enterprise data and analytics modernization project. Responses to the RFI are due Aug. 15, GovCon Wire reported Monday.

Los Alamos National Laboratory, in cooperation with SK hynix, is set to demonstrate recent enhancements to the Key Value Store Computational Storage Device at the 2023 Flash Memory Summit. Gary Grider, leader of LANL's high performance computing division, said changes to the device will provide users with resources to approach data analytics of large-scale simulation projects. New features include the secondary index functionality, reducing KV-CSD's data retrieval and enabling an index to extend beyond the primary key into the value, the laboratory said.

The Department of Energy is awarding $40 million in funding to develop distributed resilient systems. Ceren Susut, the department’s acting associate director of science for advanced scientific computing research, said the program will help figure out how science can help in next-generation workflows as it deals with larger data sets and new tools. A collaboration involving the University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, and three DOE national laboratories developing novel methods in swarm intelligence for distributed resource allocation is one of the beneficiaries, the DOE said.

Poland is acquiring hundreds of Spike tank-killing missiles through Rafael Advanced Defense Systems' longstanding Polish industry partner, Mesko, which will produce the missile parts and assemble the weapon in Poland. According to Rafael, the order placed by the Polish defense ministry is worth almost $100 million. Poland's way of acquiring the Spike missile differs from the approach taken by other European customers of the missile, whose production is typically performed by EuroSpike, a joint venture between Diehl Defence, Rheinmetall and Rafael, in Germany, Defense News reported.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Tulsa District is looking for companies that can provide architecture and engineering services and plans to solicit proposals for a five-year, $99 million indefinite-delivery contract on or about December, according to a sources sought notice. The responses to the notice and associated market research will determine the type of set-aside decisions that will be issued. Some of the required A-E services include program management, data management, project programming and planning, feasibility and concept studies and design. Interested parties have until Sept. 7 to respond, according to the notice posted on SAM .gov.

Lockheed Martin has signed up to exhibit at the Army Innovation Day 2023. Hosted by the Australian Army's Robotic and Autonomous Systems Implementation and Coordination Office in partnership with Defence Innovation Hub, the event aims to showcase the ability of the Australian defense industry and academia to use innovative concepts to address capability gaps and grow the project pipeline. AID 2023 will be held on Aug. 29 and 30 at Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre in Australia, the Australian Army said.

BAE Systems, Boeing and Leidos Australia are among the companies set to exhibit at the Army Robotics Expo 2023. The event, which will be hosted by the Australian Army's Robotic and Autonomous Systems Implementation and Coordination Office, will bring together Australian industry and academia to demonstrate robotic and autonomous technologies with the potential for the joint land force. The expo will focus on robotic systems that can maximize soldier performance, improve decision-making, generate mass and scalable effects and enable force protection efficiency. It will be held from Aug. 29 to 30 at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre in Australia, the Australian Army said.

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has conferred the in process designation to Talkdesk CX Cloud, a cloud-based, artificial intelligence-powered contact center platform. Talkdesk CX Cloud has also been made available on the FedRAMP marketplace. The in process designation is given to products working toward full authorization under FedRAMP, a U.S. federal governmentwide compliance program that offers a standardized approach to evaluating the security of cloud products, Talkdesk said.

Leidos and artificial intelligence and machine learning platform company Permion have announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate the adoption of AI in critical national security missions. As part of the partnership, Leidos looks to use Permion's X-Machines Instruction Set Architecture, a data-oriented computing platform for AI, to improve applications and capabilities that can be deployed on the tactical edge, on-premises or in the cloud. The collaboration is also developing and testing an additional explainable knowledge-graph generative AI/large language model cognitive solution based on Permion's current Open-Source Intelligence and Relationship Inference System and built on XVM-ISA, Leidos said Monday.

The U.S. Air Force is seeking contractors that can provide base operations support for the Navy Systems Management Activity at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C. The contractor will furnish all personnel, labor, equipment, transportation, tools, materials, supplies, supervision, quality control, management and other necessary items and services. The services will focus on NSMA's facilities, ground structures, personal property equipment and installed equipment systems. Interested firms have until Aug. 21 to respond, according to a notice posted on SAM .gov.