The Department of Defense has invested $100 million in 17 infrastructure projects in 12 states, including Alaska, Georgia and Louisiana, where some military installations are located. The grant awardees were selected under the Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot program. William LaPlante, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment and a speaker at a past Potomac […]
Eight Microelectronics Commons regional innovation hubs will receive a total of $238 million from the Department of Defense under President Joe Biden’s CHIPS and Science Act, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced Wednesday. According to Hicks, a 2023 Wash100 awardee and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, the Microelectronics Commons’ focus is “bridging […]
The U.S. Army’s acquisition chief said recent tests of the Next Generation Squad Weapon prototypes showed improvements related to problems that contributed to a fielding delay. Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, shared that NGSW contractor Sig Sauer applied changes to the weapons to […]
The U.S. Army’s acquisition chief said the service expects to field the Dark Eagle Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon by the end of 2023. Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, said in a Defense News interview that the Army expects to miss the Sept. 30 fielding date because of a canceled […]
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Mike Casey as director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. National Intelligence Director Avril Haines, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, congratulated Casey for his confirmation and said his integrity and deep national security expertise and knowledge will enable him to […]
The chief of space operations said the U.S. Space Force will experiment with a new command structure where a unit will be responsible for all aspects of a mission area. Chance Saltzman, a 2023 Wash100 winner and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, announced during the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & […]
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, a 2023 Wash100 awardee and a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, has encouraged the public to visit the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial located in the southwest corner of the Pentagon and pay respects to the people who died there on Sept. 11, 2001. During the terrorist […]
Christopher Cleary, the Department of the Navy’s principal cyber adviser, said the service is struggling with operationalizing its data. Cleary, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, explained that a key part of the issue is data transport. He noted during a Billington Cybersecurity Summit panel on Thursday that the Navy is starting to use […]
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall disclosed on Monday that five teams are working on a blueprint to overhaul how the service and the Space Force tackle China’s threats. Kendall, a three-time Wash100 awardee and a speaker at a previous Potomac Officers Club event, said at the Air & Space Forces Association’s 2023 Air, Space & […]
The Department of Defense has found several security problems in the commercial cloud services offered by Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability vendors and wants to work with them to address the issues, Dave McKeown, DOD chief information security officer, said at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit on Tuesday. The JWCC, the Pentagon’s $9 billion enterprise cloud program, […]
