The chief of space operations said the U.S. military should offer satellite defense capabilities to its European allies and take a strong stance against adversarial efforts to take down U.S. and allied spacecraft. Speaking at the Royal International Air Tattoo, 2023 Wash100 awardee U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman said the United States should protect […]
Lakshmi Raman, director of artificial intelligence innovation at the CIA and a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, recently said that the agency is in an “experimentation phase” when it comes to determining uses for large language models. Raman said during a July 14 panel at the Intelligence and National Security Summit that […]
Capt. Christina Hicks has transitioned out of her role as commanding officer of the U.S. Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command. During a change of command ceremony in late June, she was officially replaced by Capt. Sharon Pinder. Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach, Naval Information Forces commander, served as presiding officer for the event. Sany Radesky, the […]
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing subsidiary, has completed a Space Systems Command program design review for its Missile Track Custody space vehicle. The design review is part of Millennium’s MTC space vehicle contract with the U.S. Space Force. The base contract covers one space vehicle, although the deal comes with options covering two more vehicles. […]
Greg Little is set to leave his role as the Department of Defense’s inaugural deputy chief digital and artificial intelligence officer for enterprise platforms and business optimization at the end of July. A spokesperson for the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has confirmed that Little, who will speak at the Potomac Officers Club’s Integrating […]
Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of defense and a former Potomac Officers Club speaker, recently visited Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Hawaii and discussed the Department of Defense’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan, which includes building a new $3.6 billion dry dock that can support the repair and maintenance of Virginia-class and future […]
The Department of Defense has blacklisted select organizations in China, Russia and other countries for allegedly stealing sensitive defense research from U.S. academic institutions. Universities in the United States receive funding from the DOD for various projects, which foreign academic partners can exploit to gain access to key defense information. Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense […]
Science Applications International Corp.’s chief technology officer said organizations need to pair multi-cloud services with DevSecOps to improve mission delivery. Bob Ritchie, who will speak at the Potomac Officers Club’s Integrating for Mission Success Forum on Aug. 10, said agencies’ vision of using the cloud as a data center will not get them far enough […]
General Dynamics Land Systems and American Rheinmetall Vehicles have secured U.S. Army contracts worth a total of $1.6 billion to participate in the third and fourth phases of development for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, redesignated as the XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle. Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, […]
Leonel Garciga, the U.S. Army G2’s director of information management, will serve as the Department of the Army’s new chief information officer. He will succeed Chief Data and Analytics Officer David Markowitz, the acting CIO since Feb. 10. Before Markowitz, the last person to hold the position was past Potomac Officers Club speaker Raj Iyer, […]
