Intelliwings participated in the AFWERX Challenge Showcase and Spark Collider defense and technology solutions conference at the Capital Factory in Austin, Texas on 20 August 2024. The US Air Force AFWERX innovation division hosted this event highlighting tech solutions ready for fielding.
The AI Expo for National Competitiveness drew over 13,000 attendees to the Washington DC event as speakers debated AI’s impact across technology, business, public policy, and defense sectors.
The USGIF and AWS hosted a conference on Generative AI and High-Performance Computing on March 6th bringing together leaders from the intel community, programmers, government leaders, and industry partners.
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Intelliwings exhibited Repy Board® deployable surface boards at the US Air Force AFWERX Expedient Basing Challenge in Las Vegas. AFWERX promotes industry innovation to accelerate the development and fielding of tools and technologies.
The US Air Force AFWERX Challenge innovation division selected Intelliwings to exhibit at this week’s AFWERX Challenge Expedient Basing Innovation Showcase at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
The USGIF and BAE hosted the GEOINT at the Speed of Need Conference at the BAE Conference Center in Falls Church, Virginia. The event provided a forum for leading industry, defense, and government innovators and analysts to make new connections and share the latest developments in GEOINT business and technology.
BAE provided several demos, briefings, and discussions at the event, highlighting research and development projects and programs by BAE company divisions and industry partners. The USGIF also had an exhibit at the event with information on upcoming USGIF conferences and membership opportunities, including the annual GEOINT Symposium scheduled for May 21st – 24th, 2023 in St. Louis, Missouri.
The Speed of Need Conference was highlighted by a presentation from Jim McCool, Director of Data and Digital Innovation at NGA, and a panel talk moderated by USGIF Board Chair Robert Cardillo. The panel of GEOINT experts included Kari Perry of BAE; Phil Ritcheson of NGA; Shannon Clark of Palantir; and Tony Frazier of Maxar. The panel discussed how technology innovation is essential to keep pace in the ever-increasing speed and volume of geospatial intelligence analysis requirements in contemporary and future peacetime and crisis situations.
The panelists looked at how the volume of imagery and data collected by various intelligence platforms often surpasses the abilities of analysts to review the information using traditional means. To meet this challenge, the panelists emphasized how technology such as machine learning and artificial intelligence automation tools are becoming more and more essential to process and analyze massive volumes of data to produce actionable intelligence solutions.
This conference was the latest in a series of events hosted by the USGIF to promote cooperation among the GEOINT community. Learn more about the USGIF’s work and upcoming events at https://usgif.org.
Taro Kono has been appointed as the new Digital Minister for the Government of Japan. An outspoken proponent of modernization, Minister Kono is pushing for Japanese government and industry to move away from analog technology and processes and adopt contemporary digital tools.
For example, many Japanese offices still use the traditional hanko seal as an official signature on printed documents. During COVID lockdowns, Japanese employees and citizens were often required to go to local government and business offices to physically sign documents with their hanko. But Minister Kono is an advocate for digital signatures such as those used in websites like DocuSign and digital certificates available for Adobe PDF documents.
A graduate of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Minister Kono has served in numerous senior Japanese government positions including Foreign Minister, Defense Minister, Minister of Administrative Affairs, Minister for Disaster Management, and several other roles.
Minister Kono recognizes there’s much work to be done to complete the transition from analog to digital in Japan as he pushes for innovation while playfully chiding himself and Japanese organizations through his own Twitter account about reliance on old technologies such as fax machines. It remains to be seen how much change Minister Kono can implement, but his focus on new technologies is expected to result in much-needed progress towards a more digital society in Japan.
