On Jan. 29, Potomac Officers Club will launch its 2026 event slate with the Defense R&D Summit at the Hilton McLean in Virginia. With 10 panels, four keynotes, breakfast, lunch and an all-day agenda designed for maximum insight and networking, the summit arrives at a pivotal moment for the Department of War and the broader […]
Artificial intelligence was a popular topic of conversation at Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Homeland Security Summit. Panelists on the From Lab to Launch: Advanced AI Applications in National Security panel discussed the technology’s benefits and limitations and what they hope to get out of it in their day-to-day work to make it truly transformational. How […]
Co-authored with Pat Host Event at a Glance NAME: 2025 Homeland Security Summit DATE: November 12, 2025 LOCATION: Reston, VA HEADLINE SPEAKERS: Kristi Noem, Department of Homeland Security secretary Joseph Edlow, Citizenship and Immigration Services director Dr. Madhu Gottumukkala, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency acting director Gary Owen, Drug Enforcement Agency associate administrator ATTENDANCE: Hundreds […]
The Golden Dome proposed homeland missile defense system is the most highly anticipated Department of Defense business opportunity in decades. An independent estimate has the program costing at least $252 billion over a 20-year timeframe and the White House has already put down a $25 billion down payment to get the program started. Missile defense […]
Potomac Officers Club, the national capital region’s leading GovCon networking organization, is delighted to announce that Gary Owen, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration chief operating officer, will give a keynote address at the 2025 Homeland Security Summit this Wednesday, Nov. 12, at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia. The 2025 Homeland Security Summit is POC’s […]
Potomac Officers Club, the national capital region’s premier GovCon networking organization, is excited to announce that Joseph Edlow, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services director, will give a keynote address at the 2025 Homeland Security Summit on Nov. 12 at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia. The 2025 Homeland Security Summit is POC’s premier venue for […]
AI promises to transform homeland security in the U.S. by improving the accuracy, speed and ease of many of the Department of Homeland Security’s key missions. It has the potential to advance automation, enhance data analysis and bolster the nation’s resilience against cyber threats, among other uses. Potomac Officers Club sat down with a pair […]
As 2025 draws to a close, the Potomac Officers Club and its sister publication GovCon Wire are hosting a powerful lineup of events that bring together public- and private-sector leaders to discuss the technologies reshaping defense, security and federal operations. From AI and cybersecurity to healthcare modernization, these conferences and webinars represent the quarter’s must-attend […]
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, is designed to tackle the toughest problems in healthcare. It advances programs in biomedical and health research that have both great potential and high impact for projects that need help not available through usual research or commercial methods. ARPA-H in 2025 made a number of contract […]
Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and a 2025 Wash100 Award winner, has positioned technology at the heart of her agenda. She is refocusing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on cyber and overseeing the Coast Guard’s procurement of advanced unmanned aircraft. As governor of South Dakota, Noem made strategic investments to […]
