TRANSCOM Deputy Chief to Keynote 2025 GovCon International and Global Defense Summit
Potomac Officers Club, the national capital region’s premier GovCon networking events organization, is elated to announce that Lt. Gen. Jered Helwig, U.S. Transportation Command deputy commander, will give a keynote address at the 2025 GovCon International and Global Defense Summit on October 16 at the Hilton McLean in northern Virginia.
Now in its second year, the 2025 GovCon International and Global Defense Summit serves as POC’s premier venue for examining the swiftly growing global contracting market. This event brings together high-ranking government officials, NATO leaders and leading industry executives to deliberate on how acquisition reform, emerging technologies and international collaborations are influencing the future of worldwide defense business. Sign up for this elite GovCon event today!
Helwig’s keynote is a can’t-miss opportunity for GovCon professionals as he influences how major DOD logistics, transportation and sustainment contracts are structured, evaluated and executed. Helwig also helps shape budget priorities, procurement strategies and how contracts are awarded. GovCon professionals will learn the latest requirements and partnership opportunities in DOD global mobility services during Helwig’s keynote.
Who Is Jered Helwig?
Helwig is a veteran acquisition professional who helps set priorities and policies for DOD’s global transportation [air, land and sea] apparatus, as well as its supply chain movement and sustainment. Helwig’s prior command of theater sustainment and involvement in Indo-Pacific logistics focused on ensuring partner readiness and resilient supply chains.
Some career highlights include:
- Commanding general, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii
- Director for logistics and engineering, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii
- Chief of transportation and commandant, U.S. Army Transportation School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Ft. Gregg-Adams, Virginia
Helwig’s operational experience includes two deployments supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, one serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq, one deployment supporting Operation Joint Guard in Bosnia and one deployment in service of Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti.
What Helwig Will Address in His Keynote
As the contracting executive at TRANSCOM, Helwig is expected to touch on issues critical to GovCon professionals. These include:
- New acquisition opportunities. These will cover the latest requests for proposals and solicitations in shipping, warehousing, maintenance and prepositioned stock services, especially in the Indo-Pacific region.
- Allied nation infrastructure contracts, such as funding for ports, roads and bases in partner countries.
- Dual-use technologies. Solutions such as data analytics, sensor networks, tracking technologies and more efficient shipping that can be used in military logistics, but leverage civil innovation.
- Better sustainment. Such as filling DOD needs with logistics sustainment over time instead of one-off deliveries. This includes lifecycle support, maintenance, spare parts and supply chain robustness.
Why Helwig’s Keynote Is Crucial for GovCons
Helwig’s keynote at the 2025 GovCon International and Global Defense Summit will provide GovCon executives with a rare chance to hear directly from the head of procurement for DOD’s global logistics combatant command.
- Spending priorities. Hear how Helwig and TRANSCOM plan to spend its portion of DOD’s $962 billion budget request for FY 2026.
- Q&A session. Get your pressing questions answered by Helwig after his presentation.
- Networking. Strike up teaming arrangements with other GovCon titans and secure that big contract in FY 2026.
Why Attend the 2025 GovCon International and Global Defense Summit?
The 2025 GovCon International and Global Defense Summit is the premier GovCon event for global defense contracting professionals. It will bring together top ranking military officers and leading GovCon executives to address the most important worldwide contracting issues. This year’s conference will focus on IT, command and control infrastructures and space superiority.
The agenda includes:
- Keynotes by Taras Kachka, Ukraine deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration; Joseph Lyden, NATO Support and Procurement Agency chief procurement officer; and Maj. Gen. Devin Pepper, NATO deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and policy
- Panels on cutting-edge technologies:
- Dive deep into C2 advancements at “C5ISR Open Architectures in a Coalition Environment”
- Get the scoop on logistics at “Logistics Superiority in the Era of Strategic Competition”
- Bolster your IT space requirements at “Partner to Win: Designing Secure, Interoperable IT for Coalition Space Operations”
The 2026 GovCon International and Global Defense Summit on October 16 at the McLean Hilton is an unmissable opportunity for GovCon professionals. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn of new business opportunities before your competitors or expand to new markets. Secure your seat today and ensure you’re part of the conversation!
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