Posts by Kairos Research

Kairos Research has been awarded a contract with the Air Force to begin Phase 2 of the Automated analysis of Supplier Capability for Ensuring National Dominance (ASCEND) project. ASCEND seeks to develop new AI-powered business intelligence tools that will enable DoD procurement professionals to better understand and engage with the large ecosystem of manufacturers comprising…

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has a long tradition of scientific and technical innovation. Maintaining this edge requires the identification and cultivation of Emerging Technology Leaders (ETLs) at the officer level, as well as optimal allocation of technical expertise (both military and civilian) across the broader DoD enterprise. However, of the nearly 300,000 scientists…

Kairos Senior Research Scientist Dr. Amy Summerville has a new publication in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology about the intersection of cultural beliefs about fate and control with thoughts about “what might have been,” known as counterfactual thoughts. The paper, a collaboration with Dr. Angela Maitner of the American University of Sharjah, examined…

If you look far enough back in history, you will find the literal definition of a linchpin to be an item which kept the wheels from falling off wooden carts. During the recent COVID-19 crisis, we have all experienced firsthand the consequences of the wheels falling off global supply chains, resulting in shortages in items…

Often the U.S. military is called upon to conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations in complex urban environments that pose special challenges when it comes to identifying threatening actors, who can easily blend with the surrounding populace. Any attempt to compensate for this problem by increasing the intensity of ISR activities risks backfiring, further…

Kairos Research was recently awarded a Phase 1 contract from the Air Force to explore the feasibility of using artificial intelligence (AI) to help procurement officials within the Department of Defense identify new suppliers for critical emerging defense technologies. Mr. Srikanth Nadella, a Senior Software Engineer at Kairos, is leading the effort in collaboration with…

Kairos Research was recently awarded a subcontract by Raytheon BBN Technologies as part of a multi-disciplinary research effort supporting the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) Habitus program. According to DARPA’s website, Habitus “seeks to capture and make local knowledge available to military operators, providing them with an insider’s view to support sound decision-making.” Residents…