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MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Altamira Technologies Corporation, a world class engineering and analytics technology company, today announced the win of the Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC) Capabilities Contract (CAPCON) Data Services Task Order. Altamira is honored to provide data services support to the JWAC and their mission to provide Combatant Commands, Joint Staff, and other customers with effects-based analysis and precision targeting options for selected networks and nodes in order to carry out the national security and military strategies of the United States, during peace, crisis, and war. “We are honored with this new partnership with JWAC. This work is critical to our customer and the warfighter,” said Blaine J. Worthington, COO for Altamira. The Data Services Task Order creates a sustainable data supply chain backend for JWAC’s data science program, aids in the identification of new sources of data, develops methodologies to work with structured and unstructured data, and informs its respective computer environments. About Altamira Altamira advances National Security missions with intelligence solutions that are informed by mission experts and delivered by elite technical talent. Altamira has served Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) customers with deep support to space-based, cyber, and intelligence tradecraft mission sets for over two decades.

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Falkonry, Inc., the leading enabler of predictive operations at scale for Global 2000 companies, today announced it has received a strategic funding increase from the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer. These additional funds will help Falkonry expand deployment of its operational AI technology to additional Department of Defense (DoD) customers, including several that have already signed on following the successful completion of early round evaluations. Falkonry was one of 21 companies who were tentatively selected to receive part of a combined $550 million in Strategic Financing (STRATFI) contracts. Falkonry was selected because of its ability to meet one of the core pillars of the US Air Force strategy, which is rapid, effective decision making. Falkonry’s anomaly detection capability has proven to deliver valuable data insights that help operators quickly observe and react in mission critical situations. “This award is a significant milestone given only to companies that have proven the value of their technology, and their potential to scale rapidly, as demand from military customers grows,” said Dr. Nikunj Mehta, Founder and CEO of Falkonry. “We are currently integrated into the DoD analysis platforms, where we have tripled the number of customers we are now serving, and are ready to help even more military customers in both classified and unclassified environments as their needs for secure operational AI continues to grow.” Falkonry has already completed Phase I and is currently in Phase II of its AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). During these evaluations, the Falkonry LRS operational AI product was proven to be easily deployable, scalable, highly secure and able to handle massive amounts of data – all of which are key requirements in defense and intelligence applications. By enabling military users to discover, explain and predict critical events from operational data without requiring data scientists, Falkonry LRS provides a new generation of operational AI capabilities to enable mission success and support critical infrastructure. Falkonry’s Ongoing Partnership with the US Air Force During Phase I, Falkonry explored critical operational data problems within the Air Force community and was selected by STRATCOM’s Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC) to go forward into Phase II. Now in Phase II of this contract, Falkonry’s AI-enabled product is helping JWAC analyze massive amounts of operational data, discover patterns at unprecedented scale and provide real-time inferencing. “The most complex problems faced in crisis operations and contingency planning involve analysis of large, complex data sets,” said Laura Stuart, R&D Project Manager, Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC), USAF. “Machine-learning approaches, such as those provided by Falkonry, are required to augment humans in mining electronic intelligence (ELINT) data to identify system behavior patterns.” To provide the highest level of security for government requirements, Falkonry has developed an “Air Gap” version of Falkonry LRS. Air Gap is a network security measure employed on one or more computers to ensure that a secure computer network is physically isolated from unsecured networks, such as the public Internet or an unsecured local area network. About Falkonry Falkonry enables predictive operations at scale for companies looking to achieve significant improvement in production uptime, quality and yield. Falkonry’s Operational AI systems lower the total cost of ownership and shorten the time to value for manufacturing and operations teams by enabling them to automatically discover, predict and explain behaviors that impact their operations - without requiring data scientists. These products easily scale across the enterprise either on-premises, in the cloud or on the edge. Customers achieve initial results in as little as a few weeks, enabling them to save millions of dollars in operating costs and achieve a 3-5 times ROI annually. For more information about Falkonry and its offerings, please visit www.falkonry.com

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Falkonry, Inc., the leading enabler of predictive operations for Global 2000 companies, today announced that it has been awarded the next phase AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). This award follows the completion of a successful Phase I evaluation of Falkonry’s machine learning system, Falkonry LRS. During Phase I, Falkonry explored critical operational data problems within the Air Force community and was selected by STRATCOM’s Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC) to go forward into Phase II. Falkonry’s AI-enabled product will now enable JWAC to analyze massive amounts of operational data and discover patterns at unprecedented scale and provide real-time inferencing. To provide the highest level of security for government requirements, Falkonry has developed an “Air Gap” version of Falkonry LRS. Air gap is a network security measure employed on one or more computers to ensure that a secure computer network is physically isolated from unsecured networks, such as the public Internet or an unsecured local area network. Falkonry LRS integrates within existing Department of Defense (DoD) analysis platforms and can be securely deployed in both classified and unclassified environments. This, along with the fact that Falkonry LRS can be used by non-data scientists, has enabled Falkonry to obtain sole source justification for military contracts and greatly reduces the administrative burden for procurement. “Because of sole source justification, Falkonry can now receive contracts from any military branch without having to go through a full selection and qualification process with other companies,” said Dr. Nikunj Mehta, Founder and CEO of Falkonry. “This sole source justification ensures that any military customer that wants to use predictive operations technology can do so in a much shorter timeframe than was previously possible, and will in turn, obtain quicker results.” “For defense and intelligence applications, predictive operations technology must be easily deployable, scalable, highly secure and handle the massive amounts of operational data generated,” said Laura Stuart, R & D Project Manager at JWAC. “By uniquely meeting these requirements, Falkonry LRS allows us to leverage powerful AI-enabled technology without having to hire data scientists.” Falkonry LRS for Defense and Intelligence Applications Defense organizations are looking to leverage the extensive amount of data they collect. This will enable them to make more insightful, forward-looking decisions for mission critical operations. By enabling users to discover, explain and predict critical events from operational data without requiring data scientists, Falkonry LRS provides a new generation of advanced predictive operations capabilities to enable mission success and support critical infrastructure. About Falkonry Falkonry is the leading enabler of predictive operations for Global 2000 companies looking to achieve significant improvements in the uptime, yield, quality and safety of their operations. Falkonry’s “pre-packaged” machine learning system, Falkonry LRS, enables operations teams to discover, explain and predict behaviors that matter, without requiring data scientists. The product, which can be easily scaled across the enterprise either on-premises, in the cloud or on the edge, has proven to deliver initial results in as little as three weeks, enabling customers to save several millions of dollars annually in operating costs and achieve a 5-10 times annual ROI. For more information about Falkonry and its offerings, please visit www.falkonry.com

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtru, an innovator in enterprise data protection and data privacy solutions, has added Dr. Andrea Little Limbago to its leadership team as chief social scientist. Limbago brings a combination of data privacy and security policy, user experience and cybersecurity expertise to the role. She will help steer Virtru’s contributions to the growing national and international data privacy dialogue, while delivering cutting-edge and intuitive data protection technologies that empower enterprises. Limbago has previously provided computational social science leadership in the Department of Defense (DOD), building technical teams that focus on building software at the intersection of human and computer interaction. For almost two decades, Limbago has researched and presented on the impact of the shifting data environments on democratic values, geopolitical shifts, and economic security. Her doctoral studies focused on the intersection of conflict, financial flows and domestic institutions, which quickly transitioned into related research at the Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC). While at JWAC, Limbago was the technical lead of a team of computational social scientists, and earned the command’s top award for technical support across the DOD. Most recently, Limbago was the chief social scientist at Endgame, a cybersecurity software company. While there, she spoke extensively across the information security community, academia, and government, introducing applied social science research and analyses to a range of technical trends and challenges. Limbago will expand this footprint in her new position at Virtru to focus even more explicitly on the intersection of data privacy, data protection and national security and geopolitics. “We’re honored to welcome Dr. Limbago to our fast-growing team, where she will help us continue to address data privacy as a fundamental right,” said Virtru Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer John Ackerly. “By building software solutions that return and retain ownership of data to enterprises, we empower organizations to build an enterprise-wide culture of data privacy. Based on her previous work and experience, Andrea will make an immediate impact.” About Virtru Virtru enables a culture of data privacy within enterprises by protecting data wherever it goes, on any platform and across any channel. Using Virtru’s scalable, Open Source Software (OSS) approach, companies can quickly and easily establish trust, innovate and collaborate without fear, and ensure data privacy throughout digital transformation initiatives. Virtru protects the data of Fortune 500 companies, numerous state governments, and leading healthcare, manufacturing and financial institutions. Learn more:Vitru blog: https://www.virtru.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/virtru/Twitter: https://twitter.com/virtruprivacy