Janes Intara delivers foundational intelligence to the MARS program through partner BigBear.ai

Foundational intelligence from the trusted global agency for open-source defense intelligence will be incorporated into BigBear.ai’s solution for MARS, enabling the automated, dynamic tracking of foreign military forces in and out of garrison

Washington DC (23 November 2021) – Janes is delighted to announce a partnership with BigBear.ai, through its subsidiary company Big Bear, LLC, resulting in Janes foundational intelligence being utilized in the Defense Intelligence Agency’s (DIA) MARS program.

Through the partnership, BigBear.ai’s solutions leverage DIA, Intelligence Community, open source, and commercial data sources and applying robust data engineering pipelines, proven scalable technologies, automation, and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) techniques. This will integrate Janes Intara’s foundational open-source defense intelligence in order to facilitate the connection, standardization and contextualization of data.

“We’re delighted that BigBear.ai has incorporated Janes Intara’s trusted, assured open-source intelligence to support its application in the MARS program. Janes Intara will be a foundational component to this program, powering various algorithms as well as supporting the connection, standardization, and contextualization of other data,” said Ben Conklin, Chief Product Officer at Janes.

Conklin continued, “Janes Intara enables the exploitation of intelligence sources in a shareable, actionable manner resulting in more complete situational awareness and more assured analysis. Interconnecting millions of assured data points across our unique foundational intelligence, Janes Intara leverages technology and the 120-year Janes legacy to deliver the enhanced situational awareness and analysis of military capabilities, the defense industrial base, and geopolitical scenarios that intelligence professionals require.”

Dr Reggie Brothers, BigBear.ai Chief Executive Officer, said, “BigBear.ai is proud to support the DIA’s MARS program and provide AI-powered decision support to our nation’s warfighters. The integration of Janes Intara’s trusted open-source intelligence is critical to powering our solutions and bringing to bear a dynamic Order of Battle capability for MARS analysts and key DIA decision makers.”