ASPIRE – What It Is:  The ASPIRE forward learning interagency initiative is developing the first-ever, AI-enabled talent management system for the Navy and federal partners.  It will enable the Navy and partner agencies to be more competitive in recruiting and retaining employees with technical skills including AI expertise.  ASPIRE addresses key shortfalls in effective assessment, education, training, placement, and retention of talent in critical emerging technologies.

ASPIRE – How It Works: NPS is playing a critical role in shaping the development and acquisition strategies for the ASPIRE program, as well as leveraging NPS created innovation and providing the key pieces of technology for integration, such as the network enabled CHUNK Learning system, Messaging Layer Security, Monterey Pheonix, and AR/VR integration.  Research conducted under ASPIRE will inform a pilot program that focuses on AI talent within the federal government. This initial research is funded by the National Artificial Intelligence Institute at the Veterans Affairs, led by NPS, and supported by the Air Force Institute of Technology and the Innovation Accelerator Foundation.   

ASPIRE – Why It Matters:  As a single point of entry system, ASPIRE will help the Navy and partner agencies keep ahead of competitors by ensuring the workforce maintains leading edge knowledge and experience automatically providing learning pathways to build individual competencies and support agile management. The initial research will deliver a demonstrator system, then pilot to scale to other technologies and organizations.  The Navy can leverage ASPIRE to provide a dynamic assessment and personalized knowledge delivery platform that will facilitate rapid development and fielding of state-of-the art systems ahead of its adversaries. 

Current corporate partnerships in support of technology development and system integration of ASPIRE.