Multiple technology groups are urging lawmakers to invest at least $300 million in the Technology Modernization Fund for fiscal year 2023. The coalition also wants appropriators to add funding to help agencies improve their zero trust capabilities. The organization said in a letter sent to the heads of the House and Senate appropriations committees and […]
Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett has been appointed as the commanding general of the U.S. Army Cyber Command. She is the first woman to lead ARCYBER and will lead the command as it and the Army look to transition and formalize the doctrine of information advantage. Barrett will succeed former Potomac Officers Club speaker Lt. Gen. […]
The Department of Energy has issued $3.16 billion in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to improve battery manufacturing and strengthen the United States’ battery supply chain. The Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing funding opportunity comes amid rising demand for lithium-ion batteries worldwide. The National Blueprint for Lithium Batteries executive summary from the Federal […]
Manish Parikh is chief technology officer and senior vice president of technology solutions at CACI International and is a Potomac Officers Club member. Armed with over 30 years of experience, he specializes in developing solutions that meet clients’ needs. As CACI’s chief tech officer, he builds and develops solutions for emerging requirements and develops the […]
Sharon Hays is the chief technology officer at Logistics Management Institute. She performs her duties for the nonprofit organization through the LMI Research Institute. Hays leads the nonprofit’s independent research and development and creates strategies to use investments and capabilities into new program opportunities and services. She has been LMI’s chief technology officer since October […]
The U.S. Army has awarded C5ISR provider NewSat North America a multimillion-dollar Global Tactical Advanced Communications Systems II foreign military sales task order to support the Army Communications-Electronics Command‘s Security Assistance Management Directorate. Under the contract, NewSat will provide a system-wide upgrade for the Jordanian Border Security Program. The company will address obsolescence issues and […]
Jen Easterly, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and a 2022 Wash100 winner, is asking lawmakers for an additional $80 million in funding to complement a $1 billion allocation for the improvement of critical infrastructure cybersecurity across the U.S. Speaking at a House Appropriations Committee hearing, Easterly said that the additional funding […]
The Office of Management and Budget has appointed Karin Orvis as chief statistician. She was also named branch chief for statistical and science policy at the OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. As chief statistician, Orvis will oversee a decentralized network of federal statistical agencies and will be responsible for providing data that will […]
Raytheon Technologies subsidiary Blue Canyon Technologies has helped deploy a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory cube satellite spacecraft bus to geostationary orbit. BCT provided the 12u CubeSat bus, avionics, flight software, guidance navigation, radio frequency communication hardware and other components for the Ascent mission. The company was also on-site during the spacecraft commissioning and ensured […]
The U.S. Air Force has marked the first anniversary of an online portal that supports paperwork and document upload support services. Individuals use the system to, among other functions, request corrections to military records. The portal is managed by the Air Force Review Boards Agency on behalf of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary […]
