The U.S. is modernizing its defense industrial base to increase its capacity to produce weapons systems and other items being sent to Ukraine as part of security assistance packages, including Stinger anti-aircraft systems, Javelin anti-armor systems and 155-millimeter artillery rounds. Doug Bush, the Army’s assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology and a former Potomac […]
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 […]
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 […]
The undersecretary of the Department of the Army said the Army Futures Command will focus on human-machine integration in the fiscal year 2024 to promote warfighter safety. Speaking at the Potomac Officers Club’s 8th Annual Army Summit on Tuesday, Gabe Camarillo shared that the Army Futures Command’s research and development focus in 2024 will be […]
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 […]
A new section was added to the Department of Defense’s Law of War Manual on Monday covering the obligation to take feasible precautions in verifying if a potential target is a military objective. Examples of such precautionary measures are included in the update to the manual, which was first issued in 2015. The DOD also […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
