The U.S. Army’s acquisition chief said recent tests of the Next Generation Squad Weapon prototypes showed improvements related to problems that contributed to a fielding delay. Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, shared that NGSW contractor Sig Sauer applied changes to the weapons to […]
The U.S. Army’s acquisition chief said the service expects to field the Dark Eagle Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon by the end of 2023. Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, said in a Defense News interview that the Army expects to miss the Sept. 30 fielding date because of a canceled […]
The chief of space operations said the U.S. Space Force will experiment with a new command structure where a unit will be responsible for all aspects of a mission area. Chance Saltzman, a 2023 Wash100 winner and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, announced during the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & […]
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Mike Casey as director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. National Intelligence Director Avril Haines, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, congratulated Casey for his confirmation and said his integrity and deep national security expertise and knowledge will enable him to […]
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall disclosed on Monday that five teams are working on a blueprint to overhaul how the service and the Space Force tackle China’s threats. Kendall, a three-time Wash100 awardee and a speaker at a previous Potomac Officers Club event, said at the Air & Space Forces Association’s 2023 Air, Space & […]
Christopher Cleary, the Department of the Navy’s principal cyber adviser, said the service is struggling with operationalizing its data. Cleary, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, explained that a key part of the issue is data transport. He noted during a Billington Cybersecurity Summit panel on Thursday that the Navy is starting to use […]
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, a 2023 Wash100 awardee and a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, has encouraged the public to visit the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial located in the southwest corner of the Pentagon and pay respects to the people who died there on Sept. 11, 2001. During the terrorist […]
The Department of Defense has found several security problems in the commercial cloud services offered by Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability vendors and wants to work with them to address the issues, Dave McKeown, DOD chief information security officer, said at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit on Tuesday. The JWCC, the Pentagon’s $9 billion enterprise cloud program, […]
Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, the head of Space Systems Command, told reporters in late August that the in-development Silentbarker constellation is expected to maintain “100 percent custody” of Chinese and Russian satellites in geosynchronous orbit regardless of weather conditions. Silentbarker will work to provide space domain awareness, increasing the ability of the United States to […]
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command will partner with the Defense Innovation Unit to create the Joint Mission Accelerator, a new INDOPACOM directorate to advance the command’s top priorities. DIU Director Doug Beck, a Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said during the Aug. 28 session of the National Defense Industrial Association’s emerging technology conference that his organization […]
