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NGA Issues Maven Solicitation To Understand Supply Chain Risks With AI/ML

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 25th, 2023

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NGA Issues Maven Solicitation To Understand Supply Chain Risks With AI/ML

The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) on Monday issued a request for proposal for its Maven program, seeking development of an unclassified platform to map out the commercial supply chain and related risks for artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) technologies that will be key to the program. Maven will become a program of record in fiscal year 2024 and is designed to apply AI/ML tools to meet the needs of warfighters and decisionmakers. The program was shifted last year…

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