Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency and a past Wash100 awardee, has said that construction is underway for the ground systems underpinning the initial portion of its missile tracking and data transport constellation. Speaking at a Potomac Officers Club event, he added that the ground systems are expected to be operational by May […]
Lakshmi Raman, director of artificial intelligence innovation at the CIA and a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, recently said that the agency is in an “experimentation phase” when it comes to determining uses for large language models. Raman said during a July 14 panel at the Intelligence and National Security Summit that […]
Sen. Mark Warner, a three-time Wash100 award winner, said keeping U.S. competitiveness in the technology sector involves increasing U.S. participation in conferences and organizations setting standards for emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. Warner, a former Potomac Officers Club speaker, said at a German Marshall Fund event that the United States has become accustomed to […]
The chief of space operations said the U.S. military should offer satellite defense capabilities to its European allies and take a strong stance against adversarial efforts to take down U.S. and allied spacecraft. Speaking at the Royal International Air Tattoo, 2023 Wash100 awardee U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman said the United States should protect […]
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing subsidiary, has completed a Space Systems Command program design review for its Missile Track Custody space vehicle. The design review is part of Millennium’s MTC space vehicle contract with the U.S. Space Force. The base contract covers one space vehicle, although the deal comes with options covering two more vehicles. […]
Capt. Christina Hicks has transitioned out of her role as commanding officer of the U.S. Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command. During a change of command ceremony in late June, she was officially replaced by Capt. Sharon Pinder. Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach, Naval Information Forces commander, served as presiding officer for the event. Sany Radesky, the […]
Greg Little is set to leave his role as the Department of Defense’s inaugural deputy chief digital and artificial intelligence officer for enterprise platforms and business optimization at the end of July. A spokesperson for the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has confirmed that Little, who will speak at the Potomac Officers Club’s Integrating […]
Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of defense and a former Potomac Officers Club speaker, recently visited Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Hawaii and discussed the Department of Defense’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan, which includes building a new $3.6 billion dry dock that can support the repair and maintenance of Virginia-class and future […]
The Department of Defense has blacklisted select organizations in China, Russia and other countries for allegedly stealing sensitive defense research from U.S. academic institutions. Universities in the United States receive funding from the DOD for various projects, which foreign academic partners can exploit to gain access to key defense information. Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense […]
Science Applications International Corp.’s chief technology officer said organizations need to pair multi-cloud services with DevSecOps to improve mission delivery. Bob Ritchie, who will speak at the Potomac Officers Club’s Integrating for Mission Success Forum on Aug. 10, said agencies’ vision of using the cloud as a data center will not get them far enough […]
