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Category: Announcements

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General Atomics leverages AWS to revolutionize autonomous systems

In a groundbreaking demonstration, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc. (GA-Intelligence) showcased the power of cloud computing in advancing autonomous air capabilities. By leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS), General Atomics (GA) successfully integrated cutting-edge technologies to demonstrate unmanned air-to-air engagement. The demonstration—which took place on July 8, 2025—marks a significant milestone in the evolution of autonomous military systems and highlights the critical role of cloud computing in modern defense operations.

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Highlights from AWS Nonprofit Generative AI Week 2025

On October 6–9, 2025, AWS hosted AWS Nonprofit Generative AI Week, a four-day virtual experience for nonprofit professionals across all roles and experience levels. The event explored ethical AI practices, nonprofit-specific use cases, and hands-on implementation guidance. Read this post to learn more and get access to on demand content from the event.

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82 new or updated datasets available on the Registry of Open Data on AWS

The AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program makes high-value, cloud-optimized datasets publicly available on AWS. AWS works with data providers to democratize access to data by making it available to the public for analysis on AWS; develop new cloud-based techniques, formats, and tools that lower the cost of working with data; and encourage the development of communities that benefit from access to shared datasets. Through the AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program, customers are making over 300 PB of high-value, cloud-optimized data available for public use.

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New AWS whitepaper: How Health Data Marketplaces can help healthcare organizations optimize multi-cloud data strategies

The new AWS whitepaper “Health Data Marketplace: Driving Data Strategy in Multi-Cloud Health Systems” introduces Health Data Marketplaces as a health data strategy and a fresh architectural approach designed to help healthcare organizations decouple value creation from operational complexity. The Health Data Marketplace concept enables a “search, shop, and serve” experience for datasets, insights, and AI applications—allowing clinicians, researchers, regulators, and life sciences partners to collaborate on trusted data assets across multiple clouds.

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Powering the future of children’s health: AWS announces the 2025 Children’s Health Innovation Award recipients

Today, on National Child Health Day, AWS is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 AWS Imagine Grant Children’s Health Innovation Award (CHIA). This year’s cohort recognizes nine leading healthcare, research, and humanitarian organizations who are using AWS to realize a common vision: creating a world where every child has the opportunity to thrive through innovative solutions that predict, prevent, and address health challenges.

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Cyber Fortress 2025: AWS cloud-based cyber range powers electric grid defense

AWS collaborated with the Virginia Army National Guard (VA ARNG) for Cyber Fortress 2025, an exercise that brought together government agencies, public utilities, and academia to strengthen critical infrastructure defense through collaborative training. Read this post to learn more.

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AWS partners with Nashville Innovation Alliance to transform Tennessee’s AI and cloud workforce

AWS is expanding its Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance to Tennessee, which becomes the sixth state in the alliance. Through a strategic collaboration with the Nashville Innovation Alliance, this partnership aims to address middle Tennessee’s growing technology talent demand, with particular emphasis on AI and cloud computing skills, where tech job postings have increased by 35 percent between 2020 and 2023, with an estimated 8,000 open technology positions across the region.

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Wiz for Government achieves FedRAMP High authorization, strengthening security for AWS customers

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Wiz are excited to share that Wiz for Government has achieved a FedRAMP High authorization. This milestone reinforces Wiz’s commitment to working with AWS and helping U.S. public sector organizations and partners securely manage their environments from code to cloud to runtime. Read this post to learn more.

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AWS Space Accelerator program to support 67 startups across Australia, India, and Japan

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is excited to announce the cohort of 67 startups from Australia, India, and Japan selected for the AWS Space Accelerator: APJ 2025 program. These startups will receive support from AWS and partner organizations to accelerate their growth and innovation in the space technology sector. Read this post to learn more.