Victoria Coleman, chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, has hosted a four-day foundational innovation and technology education workshop to provide participants serving the Department of the Air Force’s research enterprise with knowledge on emerging technologies essential to collaborative combat aircraft development. Officers, enlisted personnel and civilians […]
Kathleen Hicks, the deputy secretary of defense, recently highlighted the role that U.S. merchant mariners play in national security efforts. Merchant mariners are civilian crew members responsible for the import and export of goods to other countries, usually through maritime vessels. The U.S. Merchant Marine is an organization of crew members and ships overseen by […]
The former chief data officer of the Department of Defense said contractors must adopt interoperable data standards if they want to avoid obsolescence. Speaking at Defense One’s Tech Summit event, 2021 Wash100 awardee David Spirk shared that companies need to implement new technologies, form partnerships and pursue interoperability if they want to continue thriving in […]
The National Contract Management Association has tapped Soraya Correa, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, to serve as the Contract Management Institute’s executive director. She is expected to lead the reinstatement of the organization, which serves as an information repository for contract management professionals. Commenting on her new appointment, Correa said she […]
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks expressed her pride in the progress made by the Department of Defense in expanding opportunities to women and its commitment to advancing gender equity and equality. Hicks, a 2023 Wash100 Awardee, said on Monday during the 75th anniversary of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act that the event is […]
Steve Butow, director of the space portfolio at the Defense Innovation Unit, said on Thursday during the AWS Summit in Washington, that his organization intends to build internet in space and conduct an on-orbit demonstration of its capabilities by the end of 2023. Butow, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said the goal is to […]
Two former Department of the Air Force leaders have joined the federal advisory board of autonomous flight technology company Merlin. According to Matt George, co-founder and CEO of Merlin, retired Maj. Gen. Kyle Kremer and Preston Dunlap bring extensive experience that will support the progression and commercialization of the Merlin Pilot automated flight control system. […]
The U.S. Space Force’s vice chief of space operations said a study on splitting responsibilities for space-based ISR will be concluded soon. Speaking at a Mitchell Institute-hosted event, Gen. David Thompson shared that the Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence are identifying the different needs between national and strategic […]
Robert Vietmeyer, an official with the Department of Defense, told attendees at a virtual Potomac Officers Club event on Wednesday that his agency is conceptualizing a secure “development pipeline” for small businesses working with the DOD. Vietmeyer, the chief software officer for the DOD’s deputy chief information officer for information enterprise, said that the pipeline […]
Jennifer Swanson, the U.S. Army’s deputy assistant secretary for data, engineering and software, said the service will refine its language for software acquisition. She told attendees of a virtual ExecutiveBiz forum on Wednesday that the Army plans to post more concise and operationally focused software capability needs statements and initial capabilities documents. Swanson noted that […]
