A 20-year company veteran, Yvonne Hodge serves as Lockheed Martin's senior vice president of enterprise business transformation. Her duties include developing strategies and implementing solutions for delivering business outcomes through technology, culture and processes. Hodge also leads the Lockheed's digital transformation and enterprise technology teams and the office of the chief data and analytics officer, […]
Several security experts have testified before Congress that election security has made leaps and bounds in closing security gaps since the last presidential election. Center for Internet Security CEO and President John Gilligan, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, told the House Homeland Security Committee said the election infrastructure in 2020 has made […]
The Department of Defense has announced Paul Stanton's appointment to the role of the Army Cyber Command's deputy commanding general of operations. In his new position, Stanton will perform his duties under ARCYBER Commander Stephen Fogarty, who recently announced a 10-year plan to focus on multidomain operations and information warfare, ExecutiveGov reported. Stanton currently serves […]
Kimberly Crider, the mobilization assistant to the Space Force's chief of space operations and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, highlighted what the Space Force has done to get itself operational. Crider said the new military branch established nine O-6-level space deltas and stood up three new commands: Space Operations Command, Space Systems Command and […]
The General Services Administration has begun accepting bids for its new ASTRO multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity competition in support of the Department of Defense. Administered by GSA's Federal Systems Integration and Management Center, ASTRO was designed to meet the military's needs for manned and unmanned vehicles, Bloomberg Government reported. The market for unmanned and optionally-manned systems reached $8B in […]
Paul Puckett III, director of the Army's Enterprise Cloud Management Office, has highlighted the service's efforts to establish a foundation for common secure cloud services. ECMO and the Army Analytics Group joined forces to stand up what Pucket called "cArmy," whose purpose is in line with the secure cloud computing architecture recommended by the Defense Information […]
Cybersecurity officials have emphasized the importance of visibility in ensuring a streamlined and secure transition to the cloud. Brian Gattoni, chief technology officer at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said "visibility is where security is going to start. If you can't see it, you can't protect it," GovernmentCIO reported. Gattoni pointed to how CISA relies on […]
Bruce Jette, a top Army acquisition official and a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club, has highlighted the service's efforts to support its supply chain of contractors and subcontractors amid the coronavirus pandemic. Jette, who was also a 2020 Wash100 awardee, said the Army's acquisition shop worked with local governors and legislators to support […]
The Navy and the Air Force are seeking areas where they can collaborate in the development of the sixth generation of fighter aircraft, according to the Navy's acquisition chief. James Geurts, the Navy's assistant secretary for research, development and acquisition and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said the two services are working to […]
The Alliance for Digital Innovation announced that Bill Rowan, VMware's vice president of federal sales and a Potomac Officers Club member, has been appointed to the ADI board of directors. Rowan, who is also a three-time Wash100 awardee, boasts over 30 years of experience working as an adviser to defense, federal value-added reseller and system integrator […]
