Leonel Garciga, the U.S. Army G2’s director of information management, will serve as the Department of the Army’s new chief information officer. He will succeed Chief Data and Analytics Officer David Markowitz, the acting CIO since Feb. 10. Before Markowitz, the last person to hold the position was past Potomac Officers Club speaker Raj Iyer, […]
General Dynamics Land Systems and American Rheinmetall Vehicles have secured U.S. Army contracts worth a total of $1.6 billion to participate in the third and fourth phases of development for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, redesignated as the XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle. Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, […]
Victoria Coleman, chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, has hosted a four-day foundational innovation and technology education workshop to provide participants serving the Department of the Air Force’s research enterprise with knowledge on emerging technologies essential to collaborative combat aircraft development. Officers, enlisted personnel and civilians […]
Kathleen Hicks, the deputy secretary of defense, recently highlighted the role that U.S. merchant mariners play in national security efforts. Merchant mariners are civilian crew members responsible for the import and export of goods to other countries, usually through maritime vessels. The U.S. Merchant Marine is an organization of crew members and ships overseen by […]
The former chief data officer of the Department of Defense said contractors must adopt interoperable data standards if they want to avoid obsolescence. Speaking at Defense One’s Tech Summit event, 2021 Wash100 awardee David Spirk shared that companies need to implement new technologies, form partnerships and pursue interoperability if they want to continue thriving in […]
The National Contract Management Association has tapped Soraya Correa, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, to serve as the Contract Management Institute’s executive director. She is expected to lead the reinstatement of the organization, which serves as an information repository for contract management professionals. Commenting on her new appointment, Correa said she […]
The U.S. Space Force’s vice chief of space operations said a study on splitting responsibilities for space-based ISR will be concluded soon. Speaking at a Mitchell Institute-hosted event, Gen. David Thompson shared that the Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence are identifying the different needs between national and strategic […]
Two former Department of the Air Force leaders have joined the federal advisory board of autonomous flight technology company Merlin. According to Matt George, co-founder and CEO of Merlin, retired Maj. Gen. Kyle Kremer and Preston Dunlap bring extensive experience that will support the progression and commercialization of the Merlin Pilot automated flight control system. […]
Steve Butow, director of the space portfolio at the Defense Innovation Unit, said on Thursday during the AWS Summit in Washington, that his organization intends to build internet in space and conduct an on-orbit demonstration of its capabilities by the end of 2023. Butow, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said the goal is to […]
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks expressed her pride in the progress made by the Department of Defense in expanding opportunities to women and its commitment to advancing gender equity and equality. Hicks, a 2023 Wash100 Awardee, said on Monday during the 75th anniversary of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act that the event is […]
