The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is now reaping the benefits of its previous pandemic and disease research investments as the government continues its response against the COVID-19 pandemic. In a recent interview, DARPA Acting Director Peter Highnam noted that findings from DARPA-sponsored research programs over the last 15 years are now being used to […]
The Army's top cyber official has outlined the service's 10-year plan for advancing information warfare, announcing a focus on building new formations and skills to defeat adversaries in the information environment. Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, commander of Army Cyber Command and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, outlined a three-phase plan that involves realigning […]
The General Services Administration, through the Technology Modernization Fund, has awarded $15M in support of the Customs and Border Protection’s Automated Commercial Environment Collections Modernization project. The funding, which was authorized by the TMF Board, will be used modernize the underlying technology and the antiquated Common Business-Oriented Language code base of the CBP’s 30-year old […]
The Indo-Pacific Command has asked Congress for billions of dollars worth of personnel and weapons provisions to respond to China's expansionist ambitions. Adm. Philip Davidson, head of INDOPACOM and a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, asked for a new missile defense system, modern training ranges and funds for exercises and troop rotations, […]
Navy officials have urged the service's contractors and shipbuilders to improve their fire safety standards after a series of ship fires that curtailed work. A fire recently razed the Bonhomme Richard amphibious assault ship and razed 11 of its 14 decks. Letters to the Navy's top leaders revealed that the fire caused "extensive damage" to […]
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence has appealed to Congress and the White House to create a Digital Service Academy that would train a new talent pool and develop a reserve corps in artificial intelligence. The commission proposes that Congress approve the initial two-year $40M budget to establish the academy as a self-governing federal […]
Katie Arrington, chief information security officer in the office of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, estimates that about 7.5K companies across the defense industrial base will have secured compliance with the mandatory requirements under the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program in 2021. Speaking at a Celerium-hosted webinar, Arrington said that while the […]
The coronavirus pandemic is a chance to increase investments in the Technology Modernization Funds to a level that will allow information technology improvements across multiple agencies, according to industry experts. Matthew Cornelius, executive director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said at a House Government Operations Subcommittee hearing […]
The U.S. Army said it will modernize its tactical network by launching "capability sets" every two years to help mature and field promising technologies. Peter Gallagher, director of the Army's Network Cross-Functional Team and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said "Capability Set '23" will be focused on high-capacity, low-latency communications that are currently not […]
The Department of Homeland Security has so far not seen any foreign effort to influence the upcoming U.S. elections, according to the department's cybersecurity head. Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and a 2020 Wash100 awardee, said he has not seen a level of "coordinated, determined cyber activities" from foreign adversaries […]
