--- title: "11:54 ETUS Air Force awarded 25 million dollar contract to ZAC, the pioneer of Cognitive Explainable-AI, which is the foundation for Autonomous Driving Level-5" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/278419451.md" description: "Z Advanced Computing, Inc. (ZAC) has been awarded a $25 million contract by the US Air Force for its Cognitive Explainable Artificial Intelligence (CXAI) technology. This innovative AI is designed to enable Fully Autonomous Driving (Level-5) without human intervention, significantly reducing the need for extensive training data and operational limitations. ZAC's CXAI outperforms existing algorithms and requires fewer computational resources. The company boasts a strong intellectual property portfolio and is led by a team of distinguished scientists and advisors, including Nobel Laureates and experts in various fields." datetime: "2026-03-09T15:57:16.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/278419451.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/278419451.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/278419451.md) --- > Supported Languages: [简体中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/278419451.md) | [繁體中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/278419451.md) # 11:54 ETUS Air Force awarded 25 million dollar contract to ZAC, the pioneer of Cognitive Explainable-AI, which is the foundation for Autonomous Driving Level-5 , /PRNewswire/ -- Z Advanced Computing, Inc. (**ZAC**), the pioneer **Cognitive** **Explainable Artificial Intelligence (CXAI**) software startup, was awarded **25 million dollar** sole-source contract from **US Air Force**. The brain-inspired CXAI is the foundation and a prerequisite for the **human-level Situational Awareness**, which will enable **Fully Autonomous** **Driving** **(Level-5)**, which is Self-Driving under all conditions or situations on roadways (e.g., fog, rain, and unexpected situations), with no human driver or assistance. ZAC will eliminate the need for: - remote human driver or Tele-Operator, - massive/ expensive simulated training samples, - geofencing/ limiting range of operation, - memorizing/ updating all street signs in the map. ZAC-CXAI has been demonstrated as far superior/more accurate than the current algorithms (e.g., Statistical algorithms, Neural Net, Deep-Learning, Deep-CNN, ResNet). ZAC is the **only company in the world** to achieve AI training with: - **only a few training samples** (**typically 5 to 50), similar to humans** (instead of 1000s to Billions), based on **Abstraction/ Generalization of Concepts/ objects (Concept-Learning)**, which is a fundamental prerequisite to **Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)**. - **much smaller/ lower** computation resources, **CPU/ GPU**, **energy, battery, Carbon footprint, size, weight, datacenter, and cost of installation and maintenance**, which will be a major impact on AI software, hardware (CPU/ GPU), energy, and datacenter industries. ZAC owns a very strong IP portfolio: over 450 inventions (including 14 issued US patents). ZAC has an impressive team of scientists/developers. The development is headed by Dr. Saied Tadayon, a scientist, veteran software developer, and math prodigy, who ranked 1st as an undergrad at Cornell, with his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Cornell at age 23 (the youngest). ZAC world-renowned advisors include: Prof. David Lee (Nobel Laureate, Physics), Prof. Mory Gharib (former Caltech Vice Provost of Research), Prof. Gholam Peyman, MD (Inventor of LASIK; awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation by US President), late Prof. Robert Buhrman (former Cornell Sr. Vice Provost of Research), Prof. Mike Spencer (former Cornell Associate Dean of Engineering for Research), and Prof. Mo Jamshidi (UTSA, former Founding Dir. of NASA Center for Autonomous Control; US Army Science Board). Late Prof. Lotfi Zadeh of UC Berkeley ("Father of Fuzzy Logic"; co-inventor of Z-Transform; AI Hall-of-Fame) is also one of ZAC inventors. Contact: Z Advanced Computing, Inc. (ZAC) Tel.: 301-294-0434 \[email protected\] www.ZAdvancedComputing.com SOURCE Z Advanced Computing, Inc. ## Related News & Research - [Automakers are teaming up, speeding up, and hoping AI can help them down a tough road ahead](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281656113.md) - [Got $5,000? 3 AI supercycle growth stocks at every layer of the stack](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281690338.md) - [OpenAI's COO says if you're bullish on AI, you can be bullish on legacy software too](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281480741.md) - [One in seven Americans are ready for an AI boss, but they might not trust it](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281512136.md) - [OpenAI warns that the transition toward superintelligence will come with serious risks](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281809012.md)