Neil Thurgood, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, has joined BlueHalo’s board of advisers, where he will support company expansion in the defense and national security industry. According to CEO Jonathan Moneymaker, Thurgood’s leadership and experience in rapid development will benefit capability development, BlueHalo said. A past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, Thurgood served for an […]
Stanley McChrystal, a retired four-star U.S. Army general, has joined Accrete AI’s advisory board. He was a former commander of the U.S. forces in Afghanistan, the NATO International Security Assistance Forces and the Joint Special Operations Command. McChrystal, a former Potomac Officers Club speaker and a Wash100 awardee, developed and implemented a comprehensive counterinsurgency strategy […]
The NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic Initiative has selected Barbara McQuiston as board chairwoman. McQuiston is the U.S. representative for NATO DIANA’s board of directors. She was selected by Heidi Shyu, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and a two-time Wash100 winner, as board representative in October. The DIANA Initiative […]
Lockheed Martin has finalized a $30 billion deal with the F-35 Joint Program Office for the delivery of 398 F-35 Lightning II jets. Under the contract, Lockheed will deliver the jets to the U.S. military, international partners and Foreign Military Sales customers. Specifically, the contractor will provide 145 Lot 15 aircraft and 127 Lot 16 […]
Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky business have filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office, questioning the U.S. Army’s selection of the tiltrotor V-280 Valor manufactured by Bell Textron over Sikorsky and Boeing’s coaxial rotor Defiant X as the future long-range assault aircraft. Doug Bush, the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and […]
Jennifer Swanson, the deputy assistant secretary of the Army for data, engineering and software and a past Potomac Officers Club speaker, had an interview with C4ISRNET earlier in December about the service’s approach to data amid concerns by leadership about the growing amount of information that needs to be processed. She discussed plans to implement […]
Vice. Adm. Frank Whitworth, the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, said that the Joint Regional Edge Node could be deployed as early as fiscal year 2024. The past Potomac Officers Club speaker and 2022 Wash100 awardee told attendees at the Department of Defense Intelligence Information System Worldwide Conference that JREN would provide a speedier […]
Douglas Cossa, the Defense Intelligence Agency’s chief information officer, said wireless devices such as phones and tablets could soon see usage in secure facilities. The past Potomac Officers Club speaker told audiences at a Department of Defense Intelligence Information System event in Texas that the intelligence community would have to adapt its posture because such […]
The Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System has been integrated into the System for Award Management, according to a memorandum from the Department of Defense’s office of the undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment. John Tenaglia, principal director of defense pricing and contracting and a former Potomac Officers Club speaker, signed the memo on Tuesday. […]
Stephen Fogarty has taken on the role of senior executive adviser at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he will assist with enhancing the national cyber segment’s offerings to the U.S. government and international customers by contributing to strategy and solution development. He was previously the commanding general of the U.S. Army Cyber Command, heading a team […]
