The U.S. Army’s Center for Initial Military Training has opened the Joint Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems University at Fort Sill in Oklahoma to provide new recruits with basic training on skills to identify and counter small drone threats, service officials said. Maj. Gen. Sean Gainey, Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Office director, said the […]
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and 2023 Wash100 winner, said his organization’s programs will stall if Congress fails to pass a budget for fiscal year 2024. Congress is working to extend funding for some agencies until early 2024 to prevent a government shutdown when a continuing resolution ends […]
The 16th Air Force is focusing its cyber and electronic capabilities to unify the U.S. Air Force’s cyber efforts to better counteract challenges from China and Russia, its commander said Monday in a live-streamed discussion. Speaking at the Aerospace Nation online event of the Air & Space Forces Association’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, […]
Doug Bush, the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, said the U.S. Army is “highly unlikely” to deploy its Common Hypersonic Glide Body system in 2023. The Army technology chief’s statement comes after planned critical testing of the weapon system was suspended in September 2023. The scrapped testing is not a […]
The Department of Defense’s chief software officer for the deputy chief information officer for information enterprisee said the agency is planning to update its DevSecOps guidance in light of emerging threats. During an AFCEA TechNet Indo-Pacific panel discussion, Rob Vietmeyer, a past Potomac Officers Club speaker, shared that updates are being considered because of pipeline […]
Raytheon, an RTX unit, announced on Monday that its StormBreaker glide bomb has been fielded on the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, the first Navy aircraft approved to carry the smart weapon. Other plane armaments onboard include Paveway laser-guided bombs and Maverick missiles. According to Paul Ferraro, Raytheon’s air power president and a speaker at […]
Quantum information solutions provider Infleqtion announced that it has added retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Kimberly Crider to its advisory board. According to Infleqtion, Crider, a past Potomac Officers Club speaker, has decades of experience in IT, cybersecurity, analytics, governance and digital transformation. Infleqtion said her expertise and understanding of technologies will help the […]
Science Applications International Corp. has enhanced its Data Science Suite’s Tenjin and Koverse platforms to safeguard critical information while enabling timely access to actionable inputs from multiple domains, a company official announced Wednesday. Tenjin, which SAIC jointly developed with the advanced analytics platform Dataiku, incorporates several new features reflecting recent AI innovations, such as advanced […]
Retired U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, has joined Rocket Lab’s board of directors to support the company as it grows its launch and space system businesses. Armagno brings to the board over three decades of leadership experience in the U.S. Air Force and Space […]
Mitre’s board of trustees has elected Sue Gordon, former principal deputy director of national intelligence, as vice chairwoman. Gordon, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event and a two-time Wash100 awardee, brings to her new role three decades of public service experience. Aside from serving in the Office of the Director of National […]
