SparkCognition Announces Award to Provide Artificial Intelligence Pilot Effort to the U.S. Air Force

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- DIUx has awarded a contract to SparkCognition to develop Stage 1 of PROJECT QUANTUM to augment senior level decisions quantitatively. Via DIUx, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) will leverage machine learning and similar methodologies to analyze and reveal latent relationships within data resident across the USAF, and apply these toward its Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process. The PPBE process is how the Department of Defense (DoD) allocates resources.

Ranked #20 on the 2017 CNBC Disruptor 50 list, SparkCognition has established itself as an AI technology leader with business-critical solutions in place for customers in energy, oil and gas, manufacturing, finance, aerospace, defense, telecommunications, and security.

"The order of magnitude of greater increase in the speed and accuracy of budgetary decisions will revolutionize how the Air Force, and potentially the DoD as a whole, conducts business," said General John Allen, USMC (Ret.), and Executive Board Member of SparkCognition. "We are honored to be serving the U.S. Air Force in a way that will have a substantial and positive impact on planning and process.  The advantage here is that SparkCognition's solutions are universally applicable, and can be applied to other DoD service components as well as every department and agency within the U.S. Government."

DIUx and SparkCognition will utilize AI technology to derive higher-order patterns from existing operational conditions. Utilizing data from the USAF, SparkCognition's technology will conduct macro- and micro-level analysis of operations and previously observed outcomes to best simulate the impact of any single decision, or multiple decisions, made by an incumbent party. Subsequent phases of this project will be dedicated to further refining SparkCognition's model given additional data and testing scenarios; collaborating with the USAF on UI design; and integrating with Air Force enterprise relational databases.

"We're proud to be working with the U.S. Air Force through DIUx," said Tim Stefanick, Director of Federal Operations at SparkCognition and a retired USMC infantry officer who served on multiple overseas deployments and has had assignments in the White House and the intelligence community. "SparkCognition will apply cutting-edge technology that will benefit our troops and our national security. We have endless applications for this technology and it is gratifying to be applying it in support of the U.S. government."

SparkCognition's cognitive enterprise solutions are deployed to some of the world's largest utility, O&G, OEM, aerospace, defense, and finance organizations. The company's Industrial IoT solutions have accurately detected asset failure with days, weeks, and months advance notice in electronic submersible pumps, artificial lifts, boiler feed pumps, combustion turbines, wind turbine gearboxes, and other critical industrial equipment. SparkCognition's platform will enable the Air Force to reduce operating costs through improved enterprise-level decision-making, resource allocation intelligence, situational prediction, and operational optimization.  

"We are customizing an AI engine for the Air Force to provide actionable insights and behavior predictions," added Stefanick. "Together, SparkCognition and DIUx will transform operations for a new era of efficiency and confidence."

About DIUx
DIUx accelerates commercial innovation for national defense. Further information about DIUx and its work with the tech community in Austin, Boston, Silicon Valley and around the world, visit https://www.diux.mil. 

About SparkCognition
SparkCognition is a global leader in cognitive computing analytics. A highly awarded company recognized for cutting-edge technology, SparkCognition develops AI-Powered cyber-physical software for the safety, security, and reliability of IT, OT, and the IoT.  The company's technology is capable of harnessing real time sensor data and learning from it continuously, allowing for more accurate risk mitigation and prevention policies to intervene and avert disasters. For more information on the company, its technology and team, please visit http://www.sparkcognition.com.

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