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The United States Department of Defense wants to deepen their bet on innovation in artificial intelligence and machine learning. And now, BigBear.ai is getting involved.
What’s happening:
- BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) has announced a new collaboration with defense tech company Hardy Dynamics to support the United States Department of Defense’s Project Linchpin
Why it matters:
- Project Linchpin is one of the most important American military initiatives that is focused solely on leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning for the purpose of advancing combat and warfighting capabilities
Going deeper:
- BigBear.ai will sub-contract their ConductorOS platform to Hardy Dynamics as part of their new collaboration for Project Linchpin
- BigBear.ai’s ConductorOS allows for interoperability and data and sensor orchestration between autonomous systems such as drone swarms and unmanned aerial systems, even in environments with low or no bandwidth
- Drone software and hardware continues to be a major political theme, with the United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just recently publishing a new memo outlining a multi billion dollar commitment to replacing old combat equipment with drones and unmanned aerial systems
