Accelint has partnered with NODA AI, Safran Federal Systems and Striveworks to deliver integrated unmanned surface vehicle capabilities for US Navy and Marine Corps operations. The collaboration combines autonomy, AI, electronic warfare and orchestration technologies to address gaps in distributed maritime operations. Accelint's MV-20 USV platform forms the foundation, integrating Striveworks' automated target recognition technology, Safran's electronic warfare and positioning capabilities, and NODA AI's multi-asset coordination platform. The system operates in high sea states and accommodates modular payloads through open architecture design. The partnership addresses Department of Defense requirements for operations in disconnected, denied, intermittent and limited environments. The platform enables autonomous operations in contested littoral and amphibious theatres where traditional communications and navigation are compromised.

U.S. Army awards Striveworks SBIR Phase II. On January 8, Striveworks announced that it has been selected to provide AI test and evaluation services for the U.S. Army under a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award. Striveworks' AI operations (AIOps) platform will standardize and scale the test and evaluation of AI models. This is a critical step in deploying secure and reliable AI capabilities aligned with Army modernization priorities. Under this agreement, Striveworks will further integrate its AI model evaluation service into Army systems, ensuring that AI capabilities are accessible, effective and economical at scale. By enabling real-time model comparisons, uncovering hidden vulnerabilities through metadata analysis, and accelerating decision-making with large language model-based testing, Striveworks' solutions will empower the Army to deploy AI at scale with greater speed, confidence and operational advantage. These advanced model testing and evaluation capabilities can be used as a stand-alone or within Striveworks' AIOps platform, which is already supporting the Army's Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) program. "Tomorrow's battles will involve hundreds - if not thousands - of AI and machine learning models, each with distinct capabilities and vulnerabilities. In that complexity, hesitation or guesswork is costly," said Eric Korman, Striveworks' chief science officer and co-founder. "Striveworks' testing and evaluation capabilities equip commanders with objective, data-driven signals to instantly select and deploy the right model for the mission - transforming battlefield AI from an overwhelming challenge into a decisive advantage." Striveworks' selection as the test and evaluation service provider of choice resulted from the firm's strong showing during an Army-sponsored event, the xTechScalable AI 2 competition. That competition is a partnered initiative between the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)) and Capability Program Executive Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors (CPE IEW&S). Striveworks' efforts are part of the Phase II SBIR award for Scalable Techniques for Robust Testing and Evaluation of AI Operations Pipelines. Start 2026 ahead of the competition with a paid subscription to IC News. You'll get full access to its searchable archive of 15,000+ articles, plus new articles each weekday.

Striveworks introduces Valor, the open-source tool for evaluating model performance.