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 AI is transforming collection, analysis and dissemination while outdated acquisition frameworks risk slowing innovation and exposing vulnerabilities.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, […]
The world’s leading GovCons don’t just build ships, planes or software. They shape global security, economics, technology investments and even diplomacy. The international reach of these leading GovCon firms affects billions of local taxpayer dollars and wields influence far beyond the battlefield. Their contracts impact jobs, innovation and geopolitical stability. Potomac Officers Club dug into […]
Open source data has grown exponentially in quality, availability and prominence over the past 20 years. This publicly accessible data, from sources such as commercial satellite imagery, social media and cell phone application usage, provides information to intelligence professionals in ways not previously envisioned. But this growth in open source data has caused a problem […]
For more than a decade, the Potomac Officers Club Intel Summit has been the go-to forum for the U.S. intelligence community and its industry partners. Now in its 11th year, the event has become an institution — a trusted space where leaders come together to share insights, assess challenges and set the course for the […]
Co-authored by Pat Host Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Navy Summit was the grand finale of our DOD Summer Series, which began with the 2025 Army Summit in June and ramped up speed in July with the 2025 Air and Space Summit. On Aug. 26, a robust selection of the sea service’s top leadership shared their […]
Potomac Officers Club is excited to unveil Aaron Lukas, principal deputy director of national intelligence, as a keynote speaker for the 2025 Intel Summit, hosted on October 2 at the Hilton McLean in Virginia. As the second-in-command of the U.S. intelligence community, Lukas is one of the most powerful and influential national security leaders in […]
