Aaron Weis, the former chief information officer of the Department of the Navy, officially assumed the managing director of technology role at Google Public Sector on Monday. He is in charge of technology strategy formation and execution for Google Cloud Platform, a collection of digital transformation capabilities such as data management, analytics and artificial intelligence. […]
Vice Adm. Jon Hill, director of the Missile Defense Agency, said the MDA is exploring how emerging technologies, including electronic warfare, directed energy and cybersecurity, can complement traditional defense systems to better defend against missile threats. For fiscal year 2024, the MDA is requesting $17.8 million to support the assessment of new technologies and their […]
Ira Hunt, the president and CEO of Hunt Technology, has joined Q5iD’s board of directors, bringing to the role his expertise in cyber and data-centric security, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and cloud computing. Hunt, a past Potomac Officers Club speaker, expressed his confidence in Q5iD’s capability to transform identity management. The executive […]
The U.S. Space Force seeks nearly $16 billion to fund the development of a satellite-based tracking system that can monitor hypersonic weapons in flight. According to the Space Force’s fiscal year 2024 budget request documents, the money will be used to fund the Resilient Missile Warning Missile Tracking program through FY 2028. The program involves […]
The U.S. Space Force is seeking a five-year budget worth more than $1.24 billion for a space-based target tracking project. According to fiscal year 2024 budget documents, the funding will be for a satellite-based tracking project, dubbed “Long Range Kill Chains,” that would identify and monitor moving targets. The envisioned solution would replace the E-8C […]
The Department of the Air Force has disclosed documents detailing near-term budget priorities such as the Next Generation Air Dominance stealth fighter and Collaborative Combat Aircraft drone projects, which are part of a broader effort to modernize warfare capabilities. The released documents make up the Future Years Defense Plan, an overview of Air Force spending […]
The U.S. Space Force is requesting $340 million in fiscal year 2024 funding to finance the development of operational test and training infrastructure that will help prepare guardians for future space conflicts, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. Saltzman, a 2023 Wash100 winner and speaker at […]
The Department of the Air Force is seeking industry support to achieve its information technology modernization goals. At a recent Washington Technology event, Winston Beauchamp, DAF’s deputy chief information officer, said the industry can help the Air Force understand how to secure the exchange of identity information and role-based information across integrated and federated systems. […]
Kathleen Hicks, the Pentagon’s deputy secretary of defense, responded to concerns from Republican lawmakers regarding the sufficiency of the White House’s proposed $842 billion defense budget amid growing military spending from China. Speaking to the press Monday, she said “[c]omparing who spends what on what” would not itself determine combat success. A 2023 Wash100 awardee […]
ServiceNow has appointed Raj Iyer, the former chief information officer of the Department of the Army and a two-time Wash100 winner, as the head of the company’s public sector business. Iyer, who spoke at the Potomac Officers Club’s 3rd Annual CIO Summit in April 2022, will lead an organization that offers digital modernization, data services, […]
