Former Deputy Secretary of Defense and now President and CEO of the National Defense Industrial Association David Norquist, a Wash100 Awardee, asked the government on Wednesday at the Defense Logistics Agency Supply Chain Alliance Conference and Exhibition in Richmond, Virginia, to assist the defense industrial base or risk compromising an already vulnerable supply chain that […]
The Air Force aims to begin the production of the classified AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile later in 2023. During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, a 2023 Wash100 winner and an upcoming Potomac Officers Club speaker, said the department will seek funding to increase production line size and capacity. […]
The Department of Defense’s chief information officer said zero trust would have made it easier for officials to detect and prevent the national security document leak that happened in April. John Sherman, a 2023 Wash100 winner and a speaker at the Potomac Officers Club’s upcoming 4th Annual CIO Summit, said during the Armed Forces Communications […]
Top officials from the Department of the Air Force and U.S. Space Force fielded questions from House Armed Services Committee members at an April 27 hearing regarding a new launch services acquisition strategy that divides contracts into two tracks based on mission scale. Under National Security Space Launch Phase 3, the first lane would have […]
Michael Brown, former director of the Defense Innovation Unit and a 2022 Wash100 Awardee for leading Federal Tech Innovation, has been named partner at early-stage venture capital firm Shield Capital. Brown, who joined the firm as a venture partner in October 2022, drove innovation for the U.S. military and was responsible for expanding DIU’s national […]
The operational imperatives of Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall have been getting a lot of support from the Digital and Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, and Networks Directorates because they can help maintain the competitiveness of the Air Force and Space Force. The seven OIs are critical in modernizing and improving the operational posture of U.S. airmen […]
The U.S. Army plans to prototype the Terrestrial Layer System for the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle in 2023 and potentially field it in 2024. TLS is an in-development platform for electronic warfare, signals intelligence and cyber aimed at enhancing enemy network disruption and situational awareness capabilities. Lockheed Martin has been the Army’s partner for the program, […]
Five U.S. Space Force acquisition programs are in the red category of a scorecard created by Department of the Air Force Assistant Secretary for Space Acquisitions and Integration Frank Calvelli. The performance of multiple Space Force acquisition programs, including a summary of their cost and schedule of work, are contained in an Annual Acquisitions Report […]
Sen. Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, stressed in a letter addressed to technology companies the importance of being accountable for the security of the technologies they roll out to the public even as he argued for the need to regulate […]
The Government Accountability Office has urged the U.S. Space Force to increase its use of commercial space data and tools to enhance space situational awareness as the number of space objects continues to increase. According to a GAO report, the Space Force is not fully aware of existing commercial SSA capabilities and their benefits because […]
