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Engility awarded $76 million in contracts to engineer and secure intelligence systems

Engility won three significant sole-source awards with the U.S. intelligence community in the first quarter of 2018, totaling $76 million. The company will perform classified intelligence analysis, cybersecurity and systems engineering efforts.

“Sole-source awards, especially with customers conducting some of the most critical work in the nation, attest to the one-of-a-kind, differentiated solutions our talented people are delivering,” said Lynn Dugle, Chairman, President and CEO of Engility. “Intelligence decision makers have a choice in who they trust to partner with them on their missions, and we are honored Engility has proven itself worthy of that trust.”

In addition to intelligence analysis, systems engineering and integration, and cybersecurity, Engility will assist in core activities like modeling and simulation, mission operations, data analytics and software design. Many of the company’s intelligence community capabilities will be on display at the upcoming GEOINT Symposium in Tampa, FL on April 23-25.

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Join Members of Congress to Experience the Latest Government Technology at CES on the Hill

At this year’s CES on the Hill, Members of Congress will come to immerse themselves in technologies from some of the world’s most innovative companies including Amazon, Google, LG and Microsoft. Building off the momentum of CES 2018 in Las Vegas, CES on the Hill highlights how public policy can drive U.S. innovation and showcases tech innovations that are changing our lives for the better and creating new American jobs. Notable exhibitors include:

• Advanced TeleSensors – A unique touchless auto-sense feature makes personal wellness info easy for any age or tech proficiency.

• Aflac – Its My Special Aflac Duck is a robot designed to help children cope with cancer.

• BenjiLock – As seen on Shark Tank, Benjilock’s rechargeable fingerprint padlock delivers applications for individuals who are blind, seniors, people with limited mobility and more.

• Beauty and the Bolt – An educational platform dedicated to promoting diversity and equality in access to STEM education.

• Toyota – Showcasing its Human Support Robot (HSR), which helps people with limited mobility, including seniors and the disabled.

Facial Recognition Technology

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Verint Introduces Facial Recognition Technology Built for Real-World Environments

Verint® Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: VRNT) today announced the availability of its new facial recognition technology designed to work with organizations’ existing infrastructures to deliver highly accurate, automated and intelligent identification capabilities in real-world environments. Ideal for mission-critical security applications, Verint FaceDetect™ is powered by sophisticated, computer-based, multi-layered algorithms designed to operate in today’s most challenging security scenarios.

Facial Recognition Technology

The new Verint FaceDetect analytics solution incorporates neural networks and deep learning intended to imitate and even exceed a human’s ability to recognize. This innovative approach allows the technology to adapt to and learn from new situations, similar to the way the human brain operates. Verint FaceDetect—which is GPU-based to achieve optimum performance, accuracy and scalability—is specifically designed to support advanced facial recognition in real-world environments with heavy traffic and diverse populations, rather than relying on one-to-one scenarios.

Verint FaceDetect is easy to install in existing environments, and supports 10 cameras per GPU and video streams from any IP camera, including PTZ video surveillance devices. In addition to identifying individuals regardless of face obstructions, suspect aging, disguises and ethnicity, the solution features both real-time and forensic comparison capabilities against large databases with millions of faces. It also allows operators to instantaneously add suspects to watch-lists. Leveraging these advanced analytics, organizations can streamline investigations and empower operators to make rapid, informed decisions without expensive and time consuming infrastructure changes.

“Verint is a driving force behind the development of intelligent solutions that allow customers to advance their strategic security efforts,” says Verint’s Alan Stoddard, vice president and general manager, situational intelligence solutions. “Our FaceDetect solution helps organizations automate intelligence gathering, and take a more proactive approach to business and security intelligence, all while increasing the return on their technology investments.”

Verint FaceDetect is part of a robust portfolio of cyber and security intelligence solutions that help today’s organizations modernize security by automating critical functions and gathering valuable intelligence to improve efficiency. Verint’s powerful analytics enable stakeholders to make decisions based on information customized to their organizations’ specific business and security needs.

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U.S. Government Background Check to Benefit from AI Technology, OSINT Tools and Machine Learning

Technology is coming to help to quicken the clearance process while providing a much more extensive background check at the same time. Federal agencies, the US National Background Investigations Bureau among them, increasingly adopt artificial intelligence (AI), OSINT tools and machine-learning capabilities as primary and secondary means of background screening, finds the recent market report U.S. Government Background Check Market Forecast.