QualityWorks Wins First Prize in U.S. Navy AI Autonomous Testing Challenge
QualityWatcher™ AI Platform Claims $75,000 Award from the U.S. Navy’s PEO MLB AIAT Prize Challenge
LOS ANGELES, CA — QualityWorks Consulting Group announced today that its AI autonomous testing platform, QualityWatcher™, has won First Prize in the U.S. Navy’s Artificial Intelligence Augmented Testing (AIAT) Prize Challenge, administered by the Program Executive Office for Manpower, Logistics and Business Solutions (PEO MLB) in partnership with Palmetto Tech Bridge. The $75,000 award was presented at the Charleston Defense Contractors Association Eastern Defense Summit in Charleston, South Carolina.
QualityWorks was selected from a field of 39 submitted proposals, one of five finalists invited to present live at the Eastern Defense Summit’s Innovation Pitch Jam. Judges cited QualityWatcher’s holistic approach — automating the full path from requirements through test case generation — and how clearly it aligned with PEO MLB’s mission. The award was presented by PEO MLB Acting Technical Director Robert Thomas and Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic Executive Director Erick Fry, alongside NIWC Atlantic Commanding Officer CAPT Matthew O’Neal.
The AIAT challenge, issued under PEO MLB’s Naval Applications and Business Services (NABS) portfolio with the support of Palmetto Tech Bridge — a U.S. Navy initiative that connects the defense community with innovative technology companies — called on innovators nationwide to develop AI-powered solutions capable of human-less test script generation, eliminating the costly, human-intensive bottlenecks that delay software delivery across the Department of the Navy. QualityWorks was named the First Prize winner among a national field of competitors.
About QualityWatcher™
QualityWatcher™ is an agentic AI test automation platform that delivers 4–5x productivity gains by eliminating the friction that slows software delivery. Built on 16 years of QualityWorks testing expertise, it combines four specialized AI agents:
- Capture Agent — Records test steps, screenshots, and workflows from multi-format documents and UI with zero manual scripting.
- Generation Agent — Produces comprehensive, edge-case-inclusive test cases from requirements in minutes, not days.
- Execution Agent — Runs tests autonomously with self-healing selectors, parallel execution, and transparent code output.
- Analytics Agent — Delivers executive dashboards, compliance reporting, and real-time quality metrics across systems.
The platform features built-in testing domain knowledge, flexible LLM and automation framework support, and enterprise-grade security — including GovCloud deployability — with seamless integration across 40+ CI/CD, project management, and cloud tools.
“This is true validation of QualityWorks’ innovation in this space. Our 16 years of testing expertise and thought leadership drove us to build something that goes beyond generating tests — QualityWatcher solves the real pain points that slow down entire software development and delivery pipelines.” — Stacy Kirk, CEO, QualityWorks Consulting Group
Aligned with the Navy’s AI Strategy
The win comes as the Department of the Navy formalizes its broader AI ambitions. In July 2026, Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao signed the DON’s Strategy to Weaponize Data and Artificial Intelligence, establishing a roadmap toward an “AI-first” Fleet and explicitly calling for deeper industry partnership to accelerate delivery of data and AI solutions. QualityWatcher’s AIAT win — an AI solution built with and validated by PEO MLB against real Navy data — reflects the kind of industry collaboration the strategy is designed to accelerate, and the kind of rapid, evaluated adoption its “accelerate operational AI” pillar calls for.
About QualityWorks Consulting Group
QualityWorks Consulting Group is a software quality engineering firm with over 16 years of experience helping organizations achieve testing maturity and delivery efficiency. QualityWorks powers QualityWatcher™, an agentic AI test automation platform for enterprise and government clients. Visit qualitywatcher.ai.
About Palmetto Tech Bridge
Palmetto Tech Bridge is a U.S. Navy initiative under NIWC Atlantic based in Charleston, South Carolina, that connects the defense community with innovative technology companies. By facilitating prize challenges, partnerships, and technology demonstrations, Palmetto Tech Bridge accelerates the adoption of cutting-edge solutions within the Department of Defense.
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