CHA to support Defense Intelligence Agency
Cape Henry Associates (CHA) has received an 18 month contract worth over $2 million to support the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the company announced on 12 November.
Under the contract, CHA will design products for the DIA in support of its objective to achieve fast autonomous sort, search of threats and exploitation in captured media capabilities.
To support the contract, CHA will apply technologies in machine learning and convolutional neural networks to build experimental platforms and algorithms designed to process large DIA datasets and provide faster methods of analysing captured media.
Chuck Wythe, chief revenue officer, CHA, said: ‘We’re honoured to be working with the DIA on this key capability and look forward to putting the talents and abilities of our incredible staff to work for the benefit of our nation’s intelligence services.’
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