The U.S. Air Force’s fiscal year 2025 budget will focus on improving the integration between the service branch’s air and space elements and with others in the U.S. joint command, two USAF officials disclosed. The FY 2026 budget for integration capabilities “will ramp up even more,” Kristyn Jones, acting Air Force undersecretary, said at a Center […]
The Department of Defense will be awarding more than $55 million worth of federal grants for projects to improve energy efficiency and resilience at multiple locations. Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary for defense and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said the funding will help the department strengthen its energy resilience and operational capabilities while […]
Ann Dunkin, chief information officer at the Department of Energy and a past Potomac Officers Club speaker, said the agency has measures in place for responsibly using artificial intelligence for internal operations. In a Fed Gov Today interview, Dunkin shared that the department wants to make sure that employees can use AI and machine learning […]
The Department of Defense has directed Northrop Grumman to start low-rate manufacturing of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber, following the initial ground and flight tests of the warplane’s prototype, William LaPlante, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said. The go-ahead was also granted based on the “mature plans for manufacturing” of the Northrop team, […]
McLean, Virginia-based incubation firm Red Cell Partners has announced the appointment of George Barnes, former National Security Agency deputy director, as president of the company’s newly established Cyber Practice. Barnes, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, retired as NSA deputy director in September 2023 after six years in the post. He will […]
The Space Development Agency has awarded three contractors to develop 54 satellites to support the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture effort. Companies tapped to join the project are L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin and Sierra Space, which are each expected to deliver and operate 19 space vehicles that will be part of the Tranche 2 Tracking Layer […]
Former government and military officials have joined Peraton’s advisory board, a move strengthening its strategic direction. On Thursday, the national security company appointed several new members of the board: former Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Bob Ashley; Lisa Porter, former deputy undersecretary of defense for research and engineering; former U.S. Central Command and U.S. […]
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, a past Potomac Officers Club and 2023 Wash100 awardee, has directed Nickolas Guertin, the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition and Vice Adm. James Downey, the commander of the Naval Sea Systems Command, to review the service’s shipbuilding portfolio. According to Del Toro, the review would […]
Defense Information Systems Agency Director Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, past POC speaker and 2023 Wash100 winner, said the agency will soon create a new intelligence unit. Speaking at the annual Army IT Day conference of AFCEA’s Northern Virginia chapter on Thursday, Skinner said the unit, which he announced in May 2023, will help the combat […]
The U.S. Army will focus on consolidating the Army National Guard, the Army Reserve and the Army Materiel Command’s information technology networks in 2024, onward to centralizing the service branch to just a single IT network by 2027. A unified network connection of the enterprise and tactical edge is one of the Army’s major modernization […]
