Strider Technologies Appoints Mike Madsen to Vice President Post

Strategic intelligence provider Strider Technologies has named Mike Madsen vice president of national security solutions. He is tasked with providing relevant mission capabilities to public-sector customers worldwide. In a press release, he noted that Strider’s intelligence offerings enable government organizations to address state-sponsored threats, protecting the domestic workforce, business and research assets. Madsen, a previous […]
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Defense Official Meets With Participants of Biden Administration’s Additive Manufacturing Initiative

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks shared perspectives on the Biden Administration’s Additive Manufacturing Forward initiative in a Pentagon meeting Wednesday with some of the program’s participants. Hicks, a 2023 Wash100 awardee and a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, said AM Forward represents the power of partnerships that will ensure maintaining the […]
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US Army Modernization Focusing on Reducing EM Signatures, Countering Drones, Undersecretary Says

The U.S. Army’s modernization priorities revolve around hiding bases, enhancing anti-drone capabilities and addressing artificial intelligence challenges, according to Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo. Noting Ukraine’s ability to target trackable Russian command posts, Camarillo, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, emphasized in a Defense One interview the importance of reducing Army field headquarters’ signatures, saying […]
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US, South Korean Officials Sign Agreement Facilitating Delivery of Defense Goods and Services

The United States and South Korea signed an agreement to improve security supply chains. William LaPlante, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment and a previous Potomac Officers Club event speaker, and Eom Dong-hwan, minister for South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration, signed the Security of Supply Arrangement during a Defense Technological Industrial Cooperation Committee […]
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DOD Official Discusses Value of RAN, Software-Defined Networking to Defense

The adoption of Radio Access Network and software-defined networking can weave 5G into the Department of Defense’s computing infrastructure, a DOD official said. Thomas Rondeau, the principal director for FutureG and 5G in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, pointed out RAN’s critical role during DefenseScoop’s DefenseTalks in May. Rondeau, […]
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DOD Chief Information Officer Meets With Indo-Pacific Command on Interoperability

Department of Defense Chief Information Officer John Sherman, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event and a 2023 Wash100 winner, toured U.S. military installations in Hawaii earlier in July to coordinate interoperability of cyber, command, control and communication capabilities in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. Sherman’s trip included a meeting with the INDOPACOM commander […]
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For Air Force Official, Case-by-Case Application of Enterprise ITaaS May Be Needed

Andrew Hunter, the Department of the Air Force’s assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, recently said that the service is looking into the financial implications of its Enterprise Information Technology as a Service program. The purpose of the EITaaS program is to offload IT-related work to commercial providers, thereby freeing up military personnel for […]
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Department of Defense Establishes New Assistant Secretary Roles Focused on Technology

The Department of Defense has created three new assistant defense secretary positions within the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and announced the individuals appointed to the roles on an interim basis. Maynard Holliday, a former Potomac Officers Club speaker, was named acting assistant secretary of defense for critical technologies, Steven […]
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