The Department of Defense has placed its two flagship artificial intelligence platforms — Advana and the Maven Smart System — under new scrutiny, giving Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael 120 days to present a recommended path forward for both, Breaking Defense reported. The directive, issued Aug. 14 by Deputy Secretary […]
The countdown is on for the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Navy Summit, happening on Tuesday, Aug. 26 at the Hilton McLean in Virginia. This all-day, must-attend event will bring together Navy leadership, government officials and top industry executives for conversations that will shape the future of maritime dominance. If you want to stay ahead in […]
The Potomac Officers Club is elated to announce Maj. Gen. Devin Pepper, NATO deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and policy, as a keynote speaker for the 2025 GovCon International Summit. The October 16 GovCon event will bring together accomplished aerospace, defense and technology professionals to discuss the latest in global defense and collaboration. […]
Golden Dome, the highly-anticipated U.S. homeland missile defense program, is likely to feature a “national team” construct of teams of defense GovCons competing for contracts, according to a top industry official. Trey Obering, Booz Allen executive counsel and former executive vice president for directed energy, said at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Air and Space […]
The United States is accelerating efforts to form a multinational space coalition as competition with China sharpens. At the 40th Space Symposium in April 2025, U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations and Wash100 Award winner Gen. Chance Saltzman unveiled the service’s first International Partnership Strategy, a blueprint for expanding military-to-military space cooperation with allies […]
The U.S. Army is billing its High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System, or HADES, as the spy aircraft of the future. Leveraging a commercial off-the-shelf Bombardier Global 6500 executive jet jam-packed with the most sophisticated intelligence collecting technologies, HADES promises to fly anywhere in the world in 24 hours while flying higher and faster with […]
The Pentagon’s Golden Dome initiative — a sweeping homeland missile defense architecture first unveiled by President Trump earlier this year — is fast becoming a high-stakes battleground for the defense industrial base. While public details remain scarce, top contractors are unveiling new capabilities, announcing strategic partnerships and positioning themselves for what could become a $175 […]
Last week, President Trump’s nominee for the top officer role in the U.S. Navy — chief of naval operations — was confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Adm. Daryl Caudle is a lifelong Navy servant who was seen as a widely acceptable and worthy choice for the position. Succeeding Adm. Lisa Franchietti (and interim acting CNO […]
The National Reconnaissance Office’s acquisition strategy is becoming more aggressive as it focuses on improving the resilience of its systems by proliferating its space ground architecture and satellites on orbit, a top official said July 31 at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Air and Space Summit. Maj. Gen. Christopher Povak, NRO deputy director, said proliferating […]
Arthur Grijalva wants to make it easier for small businesses to deliver paradigm-shifting space technologies to DOD. As the SpaceWERX director, Grijalva manages a $470 million budget and has helped the organization rebuild the defense industrial base, reform acquisition and field emerging technologies faster. Grijalva sat down with the Potomac Officers Club for an interview […]
