Paul Funk II, a retired four-star U.S. Army general, has taken on an advisory role at quantum information company Infleqtion. Funk joined Infleqtion’s team of advisers, which includes retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Cameron Holt and former Army Applications Lab Executive Director Jay Wisham. Both Holt and Wisham are past Potomac Officers Club speakers. […]
The U.S. Army has approved low-rate initial production for the Sentinel A4 radar program. Maj. Gen. Frank Lozano, program executive officer of missiles and space at the Army and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said the Army is also preparing for initial operational test and evaluation for the Sentinel A4. According to the […]
Leonel Garciga, the Department of the Army’s chief information officer and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said he will focus on crafting cybersecurity, data and software policies to keep pace with the private sector. At the recent TechNet Augusta conference, Garciga stated that while the service has made strides, it is lagging behind […]
Jennifer Swanson, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for data, engineering and software, said continuous integration/continuous delivery is essential because software forms the foundation of most of the service’s systems. Swanson took part in a TechNet Augusta conference panel on Tuesday where she and other Army officials talked about how agile acquisition would facilitate the […]
The U.S. Army expects to have a secure unified network. Lt. Gen. John Morrison, deputy chief of staff of the Army G-6, said during the AFCEA TechNet Augusta conference that the anticipated network will deliver connectivity wherever soldiers need them. Morrison, a previous Potomac Officers Club event speaker, also shared that soldiers will have global […]
The Department of the Air Force has awarded California-based aerospace company JetZero a contract to develop a prototype blended wing body aircraft. According to Air Force Secretary, 2023 Wash100 winner and past Potomac Officers Club even speaker Frank Kendall, being able to transport personnel and materiel across great distances is critical to national security, and […]
Mark Kitz, the U.S. Army’s program executive officer for command, control and communications-tactical, said the service will work with the private sector in fiscal year 2024 to deliver capabilities to support network operations centralization, which he named one of his main priorities. Kitz, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, identified network flexibility as another […]
The U.S. Army will continue testing the compatibility of the Integrated Battle Command System with various sensors and shooters until at least fiscal year 2027 under the Integrated Fires Test Campaign. Speaking at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium, Brig. Gen. Frank Lozano, the service’s program executive officer for missiles and space and a past […]
Keynote speakers and panelists in the AI Defense Forum scheduled for Sept. 13 in Tysons, Virginia, will discuss the challenges and opportunities for the defense and intelligence communities in the AI era. Hosted by the enterprise AI application software company C3 AI, the forum will focus on the policy and security considerations related to the […]
Maj. Gen. Gregory Gagnon, the U.S. Space Force’s deputy chief of space operations for intelligence, recently shared that 50 percent of the service’s intelligence-gathering efforts are focused on China and 25 percent on Russia. He told the Space Force Association on Thursday that the remaining 25 percent is directed at the private sector to understand […]
