Chipmaker Arm announced that it has entered a three-year agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, creating an access framework for the company's commercially available technologies. In line with the progress of DARPA's Electronics Resurgence Initiative, the agency will be able to more easily leverage Arm intellectual property, tools and support across a variety of […]
The Department of Defense can lead the United States in developing its own capability to manufacture its important microelectronics for the sake of national security, according to DOD's top acquisition official. Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and a four-time Wash100 awardee, said the nation […]
President Donald Trump has expressed support for Oracle’s potential acquisition of TikTok’s American operations, which Microsoft is also considering acquiring from parent company ByteDance. Earlier in August, Trump signed two executive orders that would ban video-sharing app TikTok and messaging app WeChat from operating in the United States after Sept. 20 for fear that they […]
The Air Force has selected Udemy, an online teaching marketplace, to train airmen on new and in-demand technical and business skills. The service's Business and Enterprise Systems Product Innovation development laboratory needs Udemy to train service personnel on skills like machine learning, web development, artificial intelligence, leadership and data science, the Air Force announced Thursday. […]
The Department of Defense will soon be able to buy small American-made drones from five manufacturers: Altavian, Parrot, Skydio, Teal and Vantage Robotics. The Defense Innovation Unit's so-called "Blue sUAS" list, which was based on the Army's Short Range Reconnaissance program, will allow government customers to buy trusted small unmanned aerial systems that can take […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded By Light Professional IT Services a $198.9M other transaction authority agreement to support the Department of Defense's Cloud Based Internet Isolation program. DOD's CBII program was created to address congestion at internet access points and minimize the attack surface of department networks through the isolation of malicious content and […]
Satellites play a significant role in modern communications, from supporting day-to-day civilian activities to enabling some of the military's most advanced capabilities. Nearly every industry relies on satellite technology in one way or another. Now more than ever – with the rapid evolution of the internet of things and the worsening climate change crisis – […]
Kratos is working to establish a solid ground-based infrastructure for the Department of Defense's effort to proliferate small low-Earth orbit satellites, according to a top company official. Phil Carrai, president of Kratos' space, training and cyber division and a Potomac Officers Club member, said the company has been heavily investing in ground infrastructure for small […]
Grant Schneider, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, is set to leave his post as federal chief information officer to join the Venable law firm as its senior director of cybersecurity services. Schneider, who joined the Office of Management and Budget as federal CISO in 2016, has served in the government since 1993, […]
Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy said the agency's coronavirus task force and other information technology divisions have helped DOD personnel successfully execute their pandemic response missions. Deasy, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and a two-time Wash100 awardee, said their IT modernization efforts have helped the department with its whole-of-government response […]
