Artificial intelligence has piqued the interest of the U.S. military services, and the Department of the Navy has sharpened its focus on AI technologies in recent years. These tools offer the department increased efficiency and elevated decision making capabilities, but disconnected, dated systems have presented a number of challenges. One of these ...
When the Space Development Agency was stood up in 2019, it was mired in skepticism from across the Department of Defense. Instead of using the traditional paths for acquisition of new satellite technologies, which tended toward large systems that were difficult and time-consuming to field and build, SDA took a different tack: buy small commerci...
The sprawling Department of Defense relies on extensive funding to support the military services and other defense agencies. The Pentagon’s fiscal year 2024 budget reached approximately $841.4 billion in fiscal year 2024, and it has requested $849.8 billion for FY 2025. Though processes for handling such large amounts of money are ...
Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) has appointed Jeetu Patel, who joined the technology company in 2020, as executive vice president and chief product officer to oversee networking, security and collaboration portfolios under one organization. In a blog post published Wednesday, Cisco Chairman and CEO Chuck Robbins wrote that Jonathan Davidson will transi...
The Navy has made strides in modernization, but to prevent surprises from competitors working to exceed its capabilities, the service branch must always “be looking for more innovation and driving it out to the plate,” according to Hon. Nickolas Guertin, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition. To continue ...
Within recent years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has continuously pushed for technology modernization. New technologies present a wide range of benefits for health care agencies, from enhancing the customer experience to protecting patient data from cyber threats. The Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Healthcare Summit on Dec....
The Central Intelligence Agency’s Chief Technology Officer Nand Mulchandani has joined the lineup of Intelligence Community decision makers who will speak at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Intel Summit on Sep. 19. Join the Intel Summit to learn more about IC priorities, expand your GovCon network and meet intelligence leaders face to...
Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work approached Michael Stewart, director of the U.S. Navy’s Disruptive Capabilities Office, and asked if, given all of the rhetoric around artificial intelligence and unmanned systems, the service branch is actually making real use of the technologies and “doing something with it.” Until a f...
Through two major plans this year, the Department of Defense announced its intention to take seriously the need for commercial space products. The DOD Commercial Space Integration Strategy and the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Space Strategy were released within weeks of one another in April and declared that the rapid advancements taking pla...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a U.S. Navy contract modification worth $611.3 million to develop infrared and radar detection capabilities for the F-35 program. The Department of Defense said Friday the aerospace and defense manufacturer’s aeronautics business is tasked with providing Multi-Ship Infrared Search and Track Incremen...
