Cloud computing and AI can come into play in advanced manufacturing and shipbuilding for the U.S. military. (NIWC Pacific Illustration)
Amazon Web Services has launched two credit programs worth up to $100 million to help federal agencies leverage AWS cloud services and generative AI technologies for applications ranging from battle management to quantum computing.
The AWS Warfighter Capability Accelerator Initiative will provide credits to the U.S. Department of Defense (a.k.a. the Department of War), the defense industrial base and private contractors. Potential applications range from AI and autonomous systems to AI-enabled battle management and combat decision support, homeland defense, advanced manufacturing and shipbuilding, contested logistics, cybersecurity and space-based systems.
“We are excited to pursue multiple pathways and initiatives that invest in the technologies and solutions that directly address Department of War’s most pressing, real-world challenges,” David Fitzgerald, deputy undersecretary of the Army, said today in an AWS blog post.
The AWS Genesis Accelerator Initiative will support scientific research by the U.S. Department of Energy, including the National Nuclear Security Administration, associated national laboratories, federal research organizations and private-sector organizations. Research priorities include biotechnology, nuclear fission and fusion energy, supercomputing and quantum information science.
Each initiative will provide up to $50 million in credits over the next three years for access to AWS cloud technology, training and technical expertise. Further details are available via AWS’ web portal for government accelerator initiatives.
