Modernization is one of the U.S. Air Force’s top priorities, and USAF leaders have highlighted artificial intelligence as a major part of the service branch’s transformation efforts. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin expects the future to “be about human machine teaming,” and Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall recently sai...
The Department of Defense is perpetually concerned with how to best diffuse and counteract missile threats from near-peer adversaries. Hence, systems like the U.S. Army’s Indirect Fire Protection Capability, or IFPC. This deterrence mechanism is meant to dispose of incoming cruise missiles and drones and protect fixed and semi-fixed targets from ...
Yuneeb Khan, a more than 25-year finance executive, has joined cybersecurity company Trellix as chief financial officer. He will directly report to Trellix CEO Bryan Palma as he oversees financial planning and analysis, enterprise controllership, investor relations, global compliance, treasury, tax and other finance-related functions to drive growth...
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16, it was revealed that OpenAI and the Department of Defense will be collaborating on artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity technology.To continue the conversation on the most daunting cyber threats and how the government is working with industry to solve them, register and attend th...
In May 2022, the U.S. Navy solidified its focus on unmanned systems with the establishment of the Unmanned Surface Vessel Division One, a unit dedicated to unmanned surface vessels experimentation and fleet advocacy for the surface force. Since then, the service branch has continued to invest heavily in USV research, development and deployment eff...
To ensure the government contracting community stays abreast of rapid technological change and the appointments of new federal CIOs, the Potomac Officers Club has annually convened the CIO Summit for the last half a decade.The much-anticipated event returns for its fifth iteration on Wednesday, April 17 with the DOD's Leslie Beavers as openin...
Electronic warfare is the use of the electromagnetic spectrum to conduct offensive, defensive and supportive operations for military forces. As digital technologies continue to shape the modern battlefield, it is critical for the U.S. military to sharpen its capabilities in this domain, and the Air Force is currently exploring EW technologies in ...
In May 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order calling on federal agencies to improve their cybersecurity posture. Zero trust, an approach to cybersecurity that relies on continuous authentication, is a core part of the order, and since it was released, public sector organizations have made strides in moving toward full zero trust imple...
In January, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, a 2023 Wash100 Award winner, released his three lines of effort designed to shape the future of the U.S. Space Force. The third, partnering to win, focuses on collaboration as a driving force behind successful U.S. space operations. Both public and private sector space l...
As the U.S. Department of Defense pushes for the department-wide adoption of advanced artificial intelligence technologies, military organizations are exploring ways in which it can be used to meet their specific needs. The Army has embraced the concept of AI with the establishment of strategies for its implementation and the launch of multiple...
