CGI Federal launches AI-powered IT modernization offering, enabled by its proprietary digital workforce platform

Executive Summary

• CGI Federal Inc. has launched a new AI-powered IT modernization offering designed to help U.S. federal agencies rapidly analyze, secure, and modernize complex legacy systems.
• The solution leverages the company's proprietary Yukon™ digital workforce platform and AWS infrastructure to deliver instant system insights, automated compliance tools, and actionable modernization roadmaps.
• Early deployment has already demonstrated measurable success, including the rapid modernization of a mission-critical financial management system with improved security, accelerated onboarding, and reduced operational risk.

Key Details

• Offering Scope: AI-driven IT modernization platform transforming fragmented legacy code and missing documentation into clear, mission-ready modernization roadmaps.
• Core Technology: Powered by Yukon™, a proprietary AI workforce platform, and hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Target Market: U.S. federal agencies across defense, civilian, healthcare, justice, intelligence, and international affairs.
• System Analysis Capabilities: AI-generated summaries and plain-language explanations that reduce system understanding time from weeks to hours; instant identification of risks, integration points, and modernization pathways.
• Security & Compliance Features: Automatic generation of Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs), detection of vulnerabilities (outdated libraries, hardcoded secrets), and visualization of potential attack vectors prior to changes.
• Operational Impact: AI-driven impact analysis to predict effects on interconnected services, reducing outage risk and supporting audit-readiness and Authority-to-Operate (ATO) processes.
• Deployment Flexibility: Supports applications hosted anywhere; agencies can submit code for secure analysis within CGI Federal's environment or grant direct repository/API access.
• Proven Use Case: Successfully modernized a mission-critical financial management system by rapidly analyzing a large, complex legacy codebase, producing a comprehensive modernization-ready blueprint that accelerated onboarding and strengthened security.
• Company Profile: CGI Federal operates with nearly 8,000 professionals and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CGI Inc.

Notable Quotes

• "Many federal missions rely on legacy systems that must be modernized without compromising security or stability," said Victor Foulk, Vice-President of Emerging Technologies, CGI Federal. "This offering gives agencies the clarity and confidence to modernize rapidly and safely. By combining advanced AI with deep federal expertise, we are helping our clients reduce risk, boost productivity and achieve mission outcomes at speed and scale."