Booz Allen wins contract for DOD's 'Joint Warfighting' AI initiative

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The Pentagon's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center this week awarded Booz Allen Hamilton a contract worth up to $800 million over five years to serve as the lead integrator for a marquee "Joint Warfighting" initiative that seeks to leverage AI and machine learning on the battlefield. Booz Allen was awarded the task order to provide "artificial intelligence-enabled products to support warfighting operations and be instrumental in embedding AI decision-making and analysis at all tiers of Department of Defense operations," according to yesterday's announcement. The contract was awarded through the Government Services Administration's Alliant 2 government-wide acquisition contract.