AI as a Teammate: How the Navy is Scaling Autonomy Across Sea, Air, and Space

Autonomous and unmanned systems are moving from experimentation to operational reality across the U.S. Navy, and 2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal year in that transformation. On Fed Gov Today, Captain Sarah Rice, Executive Officer of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), explains how the Navy’s research enterprise is accelerating autonomy and artificial intelligence to give warfighters better information, faster decision-making, and a decisive edge in complex environments.

At NRL, Rice says the focus is on delivering the science and foundational research that enables autonomous capabilities across the fleet. Rather than treating autonomy and AI as interchangeable concepts, she draws a clear distinction between the two.

Innovation in Government: The Future of Records in the Data Lifecycle

Federal agencies are moving rapidly toward fully digital operations, and records management is at the center of that shift. What was once viewed primarily as a compliance requirement is now a strategic function tied directly to data quality, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, transparency, and mission outcomes. Throughout this episode of Innovation in Government, government leaders and industry experts discuss how records are becoming dynamic data assets that must be governed, secured, and leveraged across their entire lifecycle. The conversations highlight how agencies are modernizing technology, rethinking workforce roles, and adopting automation to meet digital mandates while strengthening trust in government information.

The Intelligent Border: Fast. Agile. Secure.

The latest episode of Modernizing Government: The EY Insight explores how data, cloud, and emerging technologies are reshaping the mission of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the federal government at large. Francis Rose hosts discussions with George Kaczmarskyj, Principal for Government and Public Sector at EY, and Mark James, Executive Director of the Enterprise Cloud Services Division at CBP.

Filmed on location at the EY Center for Government Modernization, the conversations highlight lessons learned from commercial sectors like financial services, the importance of data governance and trust, CBP’s cloud migration journey, the adoption of AI and edge computing, and the future of secure, agile border operations. Together, they shed light on how a fast, agile, and secure intelligent border is being built.

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