The U.S. Army is determining which of its munition programs can support a multiyear contract approach to enable large-scale procurement of high-priority munitions to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia and replenish U.S. stockpiles. The military branch started evaluating the programs in case bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate seeking to provide the Pentagon […]
Chris Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office, said at an Intelligence and National Security Alliance event Tuesday that the agency is looking into artificial intelligence and machine learning to coordinate its spy satellites, conduct data analyses in orbit and accelerate responses to mission requests. During a separate event, the past Potomac Officers Club and […]
C3 AI, an enterprise artificial intelligence software specialist, announced that retired Lt. Gen. Ed Cardon has joined the company as chair of its federal systems division. Cardon, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, will offer expertise on national security matters such as the adoption of AI in defense and intelligence systems and […]
The Space Development Agency has posted a draft solicitation for the Battle Management Command, Control and Communications Application Factory, a planned internal software development environment for the U.S. Space Force. Capabilities produced by the facility are intended to support the Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control program. During a National Security Space Association […]
The outgoing director of the U.S. Army‘s Enterprise Cloud Management Agency said the service’s efforts in cloud technology had gone a long way since he started in his role in 2019. Speaking at AFCEA Belvoir’s Industry Days event on Tuesday, Paul Puckett, whose term at ECMA concludes later this month, said the Army still needs […]
The U.S. Army plans to add iterative exercises in 2023 to continuously test and improve data operations. Lt. Gen. John Morrison, the Army’s G-6 deputy chief of staff, said during an AFCEA Belvoir conference that in addition to Project Convergence, the service will have “over a dozen” events that would focus on operational technologies. The […]
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks has approved the creation of a new project focused on reducing weapon system sustainment costs. Speaking at the Professional Services Council’s Defense Services Conference, Christopher Lowman, the assistant secretary of defense for sustainment and a former Potomac Officers Club speaker, said the Pentagon plans to release a notice in December […]
Christopher Cleary, the principal cyber adviser at the Department of the Navy, has unveiled the Cyberspace Superiority Vision, a document intended to direct the reinforcement of the Navy’s information technology infrastructure by laying out a vision and key priorities. A past Potomac Officers Club speaker, Cleary said the core principles of “secure, survive and strike” […]
Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency, spoke on Tuesday about the function of “translator sats” planned for integration into the Transport Layer, an in-development low Earth orbit constellation meant to provide resilient communication capabilities to the entire U.S. military. He explained in a keynote address at a Mitchell Institute event that the payloads […]
Gen. James Dickinson, the commander of U.S. Space Command, spoke at an Oct. 20 AFCEA conference about his priorities and how they can be supported by the private sector. He underlined the need to establish a global sensor network to improve space domain awareness and said SPACECOM is seeking industry-sourced advanced technologies that do not […]
