Foundational intelligence from the trusted global agency for open-source defense intelligence will be incorporated into BigBear.ai’s solution for MARS, enabling the automated, dynamic tracking of foreign military forces in and out of garrison
Washington DC (23 November 2021) – Janes is delighted to announce a partnership with BigBear.ai, through its subsidiary company Big Bear, LLC, resulting in Janes foundational intelligence being utilized in the Defense Intelligence Agency’s (DIA) MARS program.
Through the partnership, BigBear.ai’s solutions leverage DIA, Intelligence Community, open source, and commercial data sources and applying robust data engineering pipelines, proven scalable technologies, automation, and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) techniques. This will integrate Janes Intara’s foundational open-source defense intelligence in order to facilitate the connection, standardization and contextualization of data.
“We’re delighted that BigBear.ai has incorporated Janes Intara’s trusted, assured open-source intelligence to support its application in the MARS program. Janes Intara will be a foundational component to this program, powering various algorithms as well as supporting the connection, standardization, and contextualization of other data,” said Ben Conklin, Chief Product Officer at Janes.
Conklin continued, “Janes Intara enables the exploitation of intelligence sources in a shareable, actionable manner resulting in more complete situational awareness and more assured analysis. Interconnecting millions of assured data points across our unique foundational intelligence, Janes Intara leverages technology and the 120-year Janes legacy to deliver the enhanced situational awareness and analysis of military capabilities, the defense industrial base, and geopolitical scenarios that intelligence professionals require.”
Dr Reggie Brothers, BigBear.ai Chief Executive Officer, said, “BigBear.ai is proud to support the DIA’s MARS program and provide AI-powered decision support to our nation’s warfighters. The integration of Janes Intara’s trusted open-source intelligence is critical to powering our solutions and bringing to bear a dynamic Order of Battle capability for MARS analysts and key DIA decision makers.”
About Janes (www.janes.com/intara-2021)
The Janes stamp of trust means supplying our customers with timely, validated, unbiased, and relevant intelligence in a world crowded with increasingly unreliable information. With an unmatched legacy of more than 120 years, Janes has adapted, expanded, and developed its unique tradecraft while transitioning from a traditional military publisher to the leading global agency for open-source defense intelligence.
Janes Intara has interconnected millions of assured data points across Janes foundational intelligence to deliver the single source of truth. Janes Intara increases decision certainty, interconnecting Janes assured intelligence across military capabilities and order of battle, events, equipment, markets, forecasts, and manufacturers. The ability to interconnect, contextualize and integrate Janes foundational intelligence with third-party and customers’ own data delivers a consistent framework that supports the exploitation of all intelligence sources in a shareable, actionable manner, resulting in a more complete and assured assessment.
About BigBear.ai
A leader in decision dominance for more than 20 years, BigBear.ai operationalizes artificial intelligence and machine learning at scale through its end-to-end data analytics platform. The company uses its proprietary AI/ML technology to support its customers’ decision-making processes and deliver practical solutions that work in complex, realistic and imperfect data environments. BigBear.ai’s composable AI-powered platform solutions work together as often as they stand alone: Observe (data ingestion and conflation), Orient (composable machine learning at scale), and Dominate (visual anticipatory intelligence and optimization).
BigBear.ai’s customers, which include the U.S. Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, the U.S. Federal Government, as well as customers in the commercial sector, rely on BigBear.ai’s high value software products and technology to analyze information, identify and manage risk, and support mission critical decision making. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, BigBear.ai has additional locations in Virginia, Massachusetts, Michigan, and California. For more information, please visit: http://bigbear.ai/ and follow BigBear.ai on Twitter: @BigBearai