IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to the prolonged government shutdown, the 2025 GovCon International and Global Defense Summit has been cancelled. The Potomac Officers Club is elated to announce Maj. Gen. Devin Pepper, NATO deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and policy, as a keynote speaker for the 2025 GovCon International and Global Defense Summit. The […]
Golden Dome, the highly-anticipated U.S. homeland missile defense program, is likely to feature a “national team” construct of teams of defense GovCons competing for contracts, according to a top industry official. Trey Obering, Booz Allen executive counsel and former executive vice president for directed energy, said at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Air and Space […]
The U.S. Army is billing its High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System, or HADES, as the spy aircraft of the future. Leveraging a commercial off-the-shelf Bombardier Global 6500 executive jet jam-packed with the most sophisticated intelligence collecting technologies, HADES promises to fly anywhere in the world in 24 hours while flying higher and faster with […]
The National Reconnaissance Office’s acquisition strategy is becoming more aggressive as it focuses on improving the resilience of its systems by proliferating its space ground architecture and satellites on orbit, a top official said July 31 at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Air and Space Summit. Maj. Gen. Christopher Povak, NRO deputy director, said proliferating […]
Arthur Grijalva wants to make it easier for small businesses to deliver paradigm-shifting space technologies to DOD. As the SpaceWERX director, Grijalva manages a $470 million budget and has helped the organization rebuild the defense industrial base, reform acquisition and field emerging technologies faster. Grijalva sat down with the Potomac Officers Club for an interview […]
The Potomac Officers Club is thrilled to announce Vice Adm. Brad Skillman, deputy chief of naval operations for integration of capabilities and resources, N8, as a keynote speaker for the 2025 Navy Summit. The August 26 summit promises to be a pivotal gathering for defense and GovCon leaders, featuring high-level discussions on naval emerging technologies, […]
The Glide Phase Interceptor is DOD’s big bet on defending the United States and allies against advanced hypersonic missile technology. Hypersonics challenge modern missile defense systems by combining the high velocities of ballistic missiles with the maneuvering abilities of cruise missiles while travelling faster than Mach 5, or around 3,800 mph. The GPI is a […]
The Potomac Officers Club is thrilled to announce Jane Rathbun, U.S. Navy chief information officer and two-time Wash100 Award winner, as a keynote speaker for the 2025 Navy Summit. Scheduled for August 26 at the Hilton McLean in northern Virginia, this highly-anticipated event will gather top voices from government and industry sectors to discuss critical […]
AUKUS, the blockbuster, multi-billion dollar security cooperation effort by the U.S., United Kingdom and Australia, is meant to share advanced submarine technology amongst allies. But an announcement by the Department of Defense that it is reviewing the effort has sent shockwaves through the program. The DOD is reviewing the pact to evaluate if it fits […]
NASA anticipates more business opportunities for optical data relay technology where it uses lasers to increase its communications throughput by 10-20 times what is possible with legacy radio frequency communications. Greg Heckler, NASA program executive for commercialization and Space Communications and Navigation, or SCaN, told the Potomac Officers Club that NASA programs like the Artemis […]
