The Navy is adopting an evolutionary approach to shipbuilding as it looks to grow its fleet over the next couple of decades. Evolutionary design involves the use of parent designs and the introduction of new technologies to incrementally develop new ship classes. Vice Adm. William Galinis, commander of the Naval Sea Systems Command, touted the […]
Iridium Communications has added Tony Frazier, an executive at Maxar Technologies, to its board of directors. Frazier, who is also an event speaker for the Potomac Officers Club and a 2021 Wash100 winner, will provide strategic guidance to Iridium’s business enterprise. His familiarity with space industry players, services and trends is expected to help with […]
The Space Development Agency is looking to launch four satellites in June to demonstrate optical inter-satellite link capabilities. Included in that list are the Mandrake 2 experimental satellites, which consist of payloads designed by SA Photonics. According to Dave Pechner, chief technical officer at SA Photonics, the Mandrake 2 mission is aimed at demonstrating OISL […]
Former Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and three-time Wash100 winner, has joined the board of directors of drone company Volansi. Volansi said Roper will focus on the company’s strategy, operations and growth in defense markets, Defense News reported Wednesday. Hannan Parvizian, CEO and co-founder of Volansi, said […]
The federal government is using newly implemented 5G networks to accelerate information technology modernization, according to the General Services Administration’s deputy assistant commissioner for IT acquisitions. Keith Nakasone, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, said many federal departments are determining how to integrate 5G into their IT systems before carrying out direct […]
The Army is looking to use a prototype directed energy weapon called the Tactical High Power Operational Responder to combat enemy drones and other airborne threats. The THOR system was developed at the Air Force Research Laboratory and is designed to disable the electronics in drones and deal with drone swarms. It has just finished […]
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is using cloud services from Amazon Web Services to efficiently store, process and distribute data collected by the Mars Perseverance rover. AWS Vice President Teresa Carlson, a past Wash100 winner and Potomac Officers Club event speaker, welcomed the opportunity to support the planetary mission. According to Carlson, AWS cloud services have […]
Strategic advisory firm Pallas Advisors has named Will Roper, the Air Force’s former assistant secretary for acquisitions, technology and logistics, as its new senior counselor. Roper, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and past Wash100 winner, will focus on issues that he worked on while working for the government. Pallas Advisors noted, however, that […]
Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, deputy chief of space operations, said the Space Force will have to punch above its weight to get the necessary funding and resources as a standalone service branch. Saltzman, a past event speaker for the Potomac Officers Club, told attendees at the Blue Marble Strategic Space conference that the Space […]
A senior military official told Breaking Defense that the Army intends to equip one of its units with a ground-launched hypersonic weapon in the coming months. According to Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood, director of the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, the selected unit is bracing […]
