The U.S. Navy’s new robotics warfare specialist rating signals a focus on developing expertise in autonomous warfighting systems, according to the service’s top civilian official. At the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space conference, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, highlighted the rating as essential to the service’s goal of a […]
Senior U.S. Air Force officials, led by Secretary Frank Kendall, a 2024 Wash100 winner and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, observed the Agile Combat Employment capability of Kadena Air Base during a visit to the Okinawa military facility on April 6. The visitors, including Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin and Chief Master Sgt. […]
The U.S. Army plans to improve its cyber defense capabilities by establishing a Neighborhood Watch program at the Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems. PEO EIS Chief Information Officer Mike Chappell proposed the program in 2023 during a meeting with the U.S. Army Cyber Command to discuss closer collaboration on protecting against cyberattacks. The program […]
A Department of Defense office is planning to automate the process of reviewing zero trust implementation plans from all defense components by October. At the DOD Zero Trust Symposium on Tuesday, Randy Resnick, the director of the Zero Trust Architecture Program Management Office under the department’s chief information officer, highlighted the need to use automation, […]
The Department of Health and Human Services is creating a new unit to improve the health care industry’s cyber posture. Brian Mazanec, deputy director for the HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, said that the planned one-stop shop falls right in the HHS ASPR’s work as the risk management agency for the sector. The […]
The U.S. Army has received approval to transition existing procurement contracts for its Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement and Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System missiles into multiyear deals. The move follows the White House’s support for increased munitions spending in its fiscal 2024 budget request, Breaking Defense reported. The decision is also informed by […]
The U.S. Army will soon release a new version of its cloud services infrastructure that streamlines the way users access secure cloud applications. In a webinar broadcasted by Federal News Network on Tuesday, Army Chief Information Officer Leonel Garciga said the so-called cArmy 2.0 builds on lessons the service branch learned from its initial implementation […]
The ninth iteration of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s Global Information Dominance Experiments program has focused on demonstrating vendor-agnostic data mesh services, which enabled a secure flow of information to various operational systems, including the Department of Defense’s development pipeline. At the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Tuesday, Air Force Col. […]
The U.S. Space Force needs $1.1 billion and the U.S. Space Command $1.2 billion to counter Chinese and Russian threats on U.S. satellites, which are priority items left unfunded in the Department of Defense’s fiscal year 2025 budget, according to Gen. Stephen Whiting, SPACECOM commander. Whiting, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and 2024 Wash100 […]
Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of defense, said that the United States needs to foster a broad national security innovation base to ensure it stays on top of adversaries. Speaking at the 2024 National Security Innovation Base Summit held on Wednesday, Hicks said that initiatives to innovate must include players of all sizes, including sub-tier suppliers […]
