The National Science Foundation has released a draft solicitation for the development of a next-generation icebreaking research vessel that will support scientific operations in the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic. A notice posted Thursday on SAM.gov states that NSF will launch an open competition to select an Antarctic Research Vessel integrator t...
Battelle will continue to operate and maintain an observatory network that enables long-term collection of ecological data for use by the scientific community under a potential five-year, $416 million cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. The National Ecological Observatory Network is composed of terrestrial, atmospheric, aquat...
The National Science Foundation has started soliciting proposals for the fourth competition of the National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes program and expects to make up to five awards in fiscal years 2024 and 2025. The fourth National AI Research Institutes competition is anticipated to reach up to $100 million in total funding and wil...
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and other administration officials met with the chief executives of Alphabet, Anthropic, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and OpenAI to discuss the importance of responsible innovation in the artificial intelligence field. The meeting came after the White House unveiled initiatives to ensure AI technology adoption will not ...
A task force co-chaired by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation has released its final report on the establishment of a national infrastructure that would expand access to computational resources, educational tools and data for artificial intelligence researchers and students. The National Artif...
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a bipartisan bill that will allocate $54.2 billion in total funding to support U.S. semiconductor research and development, manufacturing and workforce development to create jobs and secure the domestic chip supply. The CHIPS and Science Act will provide a 25 percent investment tax credit for spending o...
The National Science Foundation and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy have asked the public to comment on a plan to implement a research infrastructure that would provide artificial intelligence researchers access to computing resources, educational tools, high-quality data and user support. The National Artificial Intelligence...
The Biden administration has created a new task force to work on a roadmap meant to expand access to research tools to advance innovation in the field of artificial intelligence. The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force, which was created in accordance with the National AI Initiative Act of 2020, will act as a...
Bollinger Shipyards has bought the Houma, Louisiana-based shipyard division of Gulf Island Fabrication (Nasdaq: GIFI) for approximately $28.6 million in a move to expand construction or repair work in the military and commercial shipbuilding markets. The deal includes a 437-acre waterfront facility, four drydocks and existing contracts to build vess...
Joshua Marcuse, head of Strategy and Innovation for Google’s global public sector business, has received his second consecutive Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), as a part of the 2021 recipients for his leadership and efforts to advance digital transformation, tech capabilities and drive indus...
