Scot Stitely, a Potomac Officers Club member, is the director of defense business development at Logistics Management Institute. He has been with the consultancy since July 2021. At LMI, Stitely leads a team that performs strategic planning, such as growth target identification, and offers development strategies for clients in the defense and space markets. He […]
The Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation have officially started the Resilient and Intelligent NextG Systems program. The RINGS program is an initiative for the expansion of the government’s work with the private industry and academic institutions in the field of communications networks. It is designed to improve research and innovation efforts in […]
President Joe Biden has signed the VA Electronic Health Transparency Act of 2021 into law. The new law requires the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs to update Congress on the costs, performance metrics and outcomes of the agency’s Electronic Health Record Modernization program. The bill was introduced by Sens. Jerry Moran and John […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate has awarded 30 small businesses a total of $4.48 million in grants under Phase I of the agency’s Small Business Innovation Research program. Under the first phase of the SBIR program, the grantees will look into technologies that support various homeland security fields. The research fields […]
NASA has concluded the wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis mission’s Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft. The two components are part of NASA’s Artemis mission. During the rocket test on June 20, teams demonstrated cryogenic loading operations throughout all phases of the propellant loading, performed key countdowns, conducted a launch scrub practice […]
LIFT Airborne Technologies will continue developing a new helmet for fixed-wing pilots of the U.S. Air Force. According to the Air Force, the helmet will undergo further research, testing and improvements to confirm that the prototype meets requirements. If the prototype is successful, the service could offer a production contract in 2024. The Air Combat […]
Reserve Marines participated in the recent Cyber Yankee exercise, where they worked with other service members on cyber defense capabilities. During the June 13-17 exercise, the Marines acted as red teams while other participating servicemen acted as blue teams. Red teams are responsible for carrying out simulated cyberattacks while blue teams are responsible for defending […]
The National Guard focused on protecting the Department of Defense‘s networks during the annual Cyber Shield exercise. The move is a change-up for the National Guard because, for the past few years, it applied its cyber expertise to state networks. Lt. Col. Seth Barun, the deputy officer in charge of Cyber Shield, said the National […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released the second version of guidance that helps agencies migrate their offerings to the cloud. The second version of the Cloud Security Technical Reference Architecture provides a series of guidelines that would help government organizations use public cloud offerings more securely. The TRA also includes definitions and clarifications […]
The General Services Administration has awarded REI Systems its $30 million Government-wide Professional Support Services for IT Transparency contract. The GPSSIT award succeeds a contract that supports the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act. Under the new award, REI will continue to advise GSA and its stakeholders on strategies that will address legislative IT initiatives. Some […]
