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Photo posted on LinkedIn of Cassandra Simmons-Brown, the principal director of the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Chemical and Biological Defense, and DASD Ian Watson at CASSIE’s inauguration. (Photo by Garry McLeod/LLNL)

New DOD supercomputer designed to thwart chem and bio threats

DefenseScoop has new details about the powerful in-the-works system and why it's named CASSIE.

Sep 5, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

(Photo by Jonathan Holloway Command, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography)

Navy’s new $25M supercomputer equipped with cutting edge AI and machine learning ‘accelerators’

DefenseScoop was briefed on new details about Blueback, the powerful new machine poised to enter the U.S. military’s arsenal.

Aug 23, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

A member of the National Guard walks through a charred neighborhood in the aftermath of the Maui wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii, on August 16, 2023. The number of people known to have died in the horrific wildfire that levelled a Hawaiian town reached 106 on August 15, authorities said, as a makeshift morgue was expanded to deal with the tragedy. US President Joe Biden will head to fire-ravaged Hawaii on August 21 to meet with survivors and first responders still hunting for victims, the White House said on August 16. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Maui wildfire burned ‘within 3 miles’ of a defense supercomputing data center

Operated by the Air Force Research Laboratory as part of the Space Force’s nascent 15th Space Surveillance Squadron, the supercomputing center is also currently managed under contract…

Aug 17, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Navy prepares for delivery of powerful new supercomputer in Mississippi

Named Blueback, in homage to the Navy’s now-decommissioned Barbel-class attack submarine with the same name, the machine is the latest to be added to the DOD High…

Aug 15, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Christine Cuicchi, Director of the Navy DSRC, explains the center’s supercomputing capability, at the Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, Sept. 8, 2021. (Photo by Stephen Hoffmann)

Navy’s powerful new supercomputer — Nautilus — is officially open for DOD use

The system is housed at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, where the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command is headquartered.

Apr 27, 2023 By Brandi Vincent