Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, nominated as the next chief of space operations, told lawmakers in a confirmation hearing on Tuesday that the U.S. Space Force should add emerging launch service providers to its current vendor base to bring flexibility in procuring future spacecraft deployment services. According to Saltzman, a former Potomac Officers Club speaker, […]
The Internal Revenue Service’s Enterprise Digitalization and Case Management Office has selected Brillient to provide a digital mailroom solution. According to Ed Burrows, vice president of intelligent solutions at Brillient and a former Potomac Officers Club speaker, the company will combine its digitalization capabilities with mail processing technology to deliver the requirement. Work will be […]
Maria Roat has been appointed to Aquia’s board of advisers, where she joins information technology and cybersecurity veterans in providing expert opinion on leadership and strategic growth to company executives and shareholders. Roat, a past Potomac Officers Club speaker and Wash100 winner, is a 40-year industry veteran across military, federal and commercial organizations such as the […]
The White House has announced key appointments to its Office of the National Cyber Director led by Chris Inglis, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event and a 2022 Wash100 winner. Established in 2021, ONCD is responsible for unifying the federal government’s approach to cybersecurity and implementing a national strategy for the digital […]
Gabe Camarillo, undersecretary of the Army, recently told reporters that the service is studying its data and communications network modernization efforts to determine what capabilities need upgrades and what follow-up steps need to be taken. The assessment covers key areas such as unified network operations, cybersecurity, cloud migration, data analytics, tactical radios and satellite communications, Defense News […]
Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, said in a letter sent Friday to Reps. Adam Schiff and Carolyn Maloney that intelligence agencies are investigating the national security implications of former President Donald Trump improperly storing classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Haines, a 2022 Wash100 awardee and upcoming Potomac Officers Club speaker, assured Maloney […]
The Department of Defense is committed to implementing zero trust across its enterprise by 2027, a top technology official said. Zero trust is a modern cybersecurity architecture where no user or machine is trusted by default. It is a key element of President Joe Biden’s May 2021 executive order on modernizing federal cybersecurity. DOD Chief […]
Satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital has given Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond a tour of its operations and manufacturing facilities in Irvine, California. Raymond, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and 2022 Wash100 winner, received briefings on various projects and toured production operations and assembly, integration and test facilities, Terran Orbital said Monday. […]
The U.S. Army has established its cloud technology foundation and plans to accelerate its migration in 2023, senior officials said at a recent conference. Lt. Gen. John Morrison, the Army’s deputy chief of staff for command control, communications and computers, or G-6, said his team is helping the Army’s operational formation understand which applications should […]
A team within Air Force Futures has developed a model meant to represent the future of command and control. Produced by the Joint All-Domain Command and Control cross-functional team, the model seeks to provide stakeholders working on the Advanced Battle Management System a common concept of what battle management ought to look like, FedScoop reported. […]
