The Department of the Air Force is working toward a 2025 artificial intelligence readiness target through workforce development programs and partnerships with commercial and academic organizations. Eileen Vidrine, DAF’s chief data and AI officer and a speaker at past Potomac Officers Club events, said achieving that goal will depend on airmen and U.S. Space Force […]
The U.S. Army will combine three new defense capabilities and assess their performance in defending against aerial threats during a test event taking place at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico at the end of fiscal year 2024. The capabilities to be tested are the Northrop Grumman-built Integrated Battle Command System, Indirect Fire […]
Aaron Weis, the former chief information officer of the Department of the Navy, officially assumed the managing director of technology role at Google Public Sector on Monday. He is in charge of technology strategy formation and execution for Google Cloud Platform, a collection of digital transformation capabilities such as data management, analytics and artificial intelligence. […]
Vice Adm. Jon Hill, director of the Missile Defense Agency, said the MDA is exploring how emerging technologies, including electronic warfare, directed energy and cybersecurity, can complement traditional defense systems to better defend against missile threats. For fiscal year 2024, the MDA is requesting $17.8 million to support the assessment of new technologies and their […]
The commander of the U.S. Space Command has asked Senate lawmakers to support the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s request for an additional $3.5 billion for fiscal year 2024 for unfunded activities. In a letter addressed to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen. James Dickinson, who spoke at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2nd Annual Industrial Space Defense […]
Ira Hunt, the president and CEO of Hunt Technology, has joined Q5iD’s board of directors, bringing to the role his expertise in cyber and data-centric security, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and cloud computing. Hunt, a past Potomac Officers Club speaker, expressed his confidence in Q5iD’s capability to transform identity management. The executive […]
The U.S. Space Force seeks nearly $16 billion to fund the development of a satellite-based tracking system that can monitor hypersonic weapons in flight. According to the Space Force’s fiscal year 2024 budget request documents, the money will be used to fund the Resilient Missile Warning Missile Tracking program through FY 2028. The program involves […]
The head of the Missile Defense Agency is seeking a partnership with Japan to work on a hypersonic missile interceptor system that will stop such weapons in their glide phase. Speaking at a McAleese & Associates conference, MDA Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill shared that the potential partnership for the Glide Phase Interceptor could look […]
The Department of the Air Force has disclosed documents detailing near-term budget priorities such as the Next Generation Air Dominance stealth fighter and Collaborative Combat Aircraft drone projects, which are part of a broader effort to modernize warfare capabilities. The released documents make up the Future Years Defense Plan, an overview of Air Force spending […]
The U.S. Space Force is seeking a five-year budget worth more than $1.24 billion for a space-based target tracking project. According to fiscal year 2024 budget documents, the funding will be for a satellite-based tracking project, dubbed “Long Range Kill Chains,” that would identify and monitor moving targets. The envisioned solution would replace the E-8C […]
