Boeing will develop an E-7A battle management and command-and-control aircraft prototype for the U.S. Air Force under a potential $1.2 billion contract. The modernized battlefield management aircraft called Wedgetail was originally built for the Royal Australian Air Force. According to Andrew Hunter, Air Force acquisition chief and a former Potomac Officers Club speaker, Wedgetails would […]
Department of Defense officials said generative artificial intelligence could ease red tape and take over time-consuming tasks. Speaking at a Billington Cybersecurity-hosted event, Lauren Knausenberger, the chief information officer at the Department of the Air Force, shared that a generative AI-powered chatbot like ChatGPT could find files, answer frequently asked questions and perform other clerical […]
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has selected Kristen Baldwin as its new chief information officer. Baldwin, a past Potomac Officers Club speaker, moved to the OCC from the Federal Aviation Administration where she served as CIO and assistant administrator for information and technology services. At the FAA, she was responsible for the […]
The U.S. Space Force will launch an experimental positioning satellite to orbit aboard United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket. The USSF-106 mission will carry the L3Harris Technologies-made National Technology Satellite-3 payload to space. The NTS-3 will provide positioning, navigation and timing signals from geostationary Earth orbit and will demonstrate next-generation PNT technologies that could serve […]
The International Trade Administration has appointed Gerald Caron as chief information officer, a position that had been vacant since January 2022 when then ITA CIO Rona Bunn moved to the private sector. Caron, a former Potomac Officers Club speaker, held the CIO and assistant inspector general for information technology roles at the Department of Health […]
Research from the Department of Homeland Security‘s Science and Technology Directorate revealed that some facial recognition systems met performance thresholds for all demographic groups while others had varying results. According to the directorate’s 2022 biometric tech rally research, identity systems that handle groups of people have been improving. Still, some systems are having difficulties in […]
Duality Technologies has added retired Adm. Michael Rogers, a Wash100 winner and a speaker at the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual Cybersecurity Summit in 2018, to its board of advisers. Rogers will work with Duality to expedite data collaboration and privacy-preserving technologies and support efforts to protect the financial, health care and national security sectors. […]
The U.S. Space Force plans to tap the private sector for satellite refueling and servicing technologies. Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, Space Systems Command program executive officer for assured access to space, said Tuesday at the Space Mobility conference that the service wants such capabilities to be available in orbit and is preparing to build the […]
Kelly Fletcher, the Department of State’s chief information officer, shared that efforts are underway to upgrade cybersecurity and technology practices as adversaries grow their capacity to threaten networks and systems. Speaking at a Billington Cybersecurity webinar on Thursday, she said that her agency is among the world’s “most attacked” due to its role in global […]
Christopher Cleary, the Department of the Navy’s principal cyber adviser, shared new details at the recent West 2023 conference regarding in-development projects to secure critical infrastructure, pointing out that the service is leading the way for the other military branches with such efforts. He told reporters he is advocating for the principal cyber advisers of […]
