The 11th edition of Potomac Officers Club’s Army Summit was held on Thursday, June 18, at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia and marked the highest-attended edition of the annual event yet. A crowd of hundreds of GovCon executives and government guests heard from and engaged with leaders across the Army about a range of […]
A modular MQ-9 Next UAS would make it adjustable for new mission requirements The USAF could update it almost like a cellphone, said Gen. John Lamontagne Hear directly from Lamontagne during a keynote at the 2026 Air and Space Summit! Hardware and software modularity for the U.S. Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft system successor […]
Skillman is essentially the Navy’s chief financial officer He keynotes the GovCon conference alongside Acting Secretary Hung Cao and other Navy leaders His talk will touch on where Navy funding is headed next Potomac Officers Club, the nation’s preeminent GovCon networking and events company, is pleased to announce that its 2026 Navy Summit will feature […]
The Army is rethinking how it acquires and fields technology as military leaders seek to keep pace with rapid innovation across the commercial sector. Rather than relying exclusively on traditional acquisition processes and lengthy development cycles, the service is increasingly looking to partner with industry earlier, leverage private-sector investment and rapidly scale emerging technologies across […]
The Department of War is undertaking one of the most aggressive acquisition overhauls in decades, and the implications for government contractors could reshape the defense industrial base for years to come. Driven by Executive Order 14265 and a sweeping new acquisition transformation strategy, defense leaders are moving to fundamentally redesign how military capabilities are developed, […]
Railguns, once viewed as a breakthrough U.S. Navy weapon and later shelved after years of technical challenges, are quietly reentering defense discussions. New testing activity, proposed warship designs and global experimentation have pushed the electromagnetic weapon back into focus. At the same time, the technology is evolving beyond its original purpose, shifting from a potential […]
Co-authored by Pat Host The 2025 Intel Summit, held Oct. 2 at the Hilton McLean in Tysons Corner, Virginia, convened just as the U.S. government entered a shutdown. Despite the timing, the event drew a strong lineup of recently retired intelligence community leaders, innovative industry executives and national lab experts who came together to explore […]
IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to the prolonged government shutdown, the 2025 GovCon International and Global Defense Summit has been cancelled. Potomac Officers Club, the national capital region’s premier GovCon networking events organization, is elated to announce that Lt. Gen. Jered Helwig, U.S. Transportation Command deputy commander, will give a keynote address at the 2025 GovCon International […]
Technology is rapidly changing intelligence-gathering. AI is transforming collection, analysis and dissemination while outdated acquisition frameworks risk slowing innovation and exposing vulnerabilities. U.S. lawmakers are also intensifying scrutiny of academic research security as concerns grow over Chinese espionage at U.S. colleges and universities. These converging challenges—foreign interference, AI disruption and acquisition inefficiencies—signal a new era […]
When the Defense Intelligence Agency’s top job suddenly opened this month, Christine Bordine became the face of continuity at a sensitive moment for the U.S. intelligence community. The agency’s deputy director briefly stepped into the acting director role after Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse left his post, drawing attention to a career built on technical tradecraft, […]
