Huntington Ingalls Industries, which now operates as HII (NYSE: HII) as part of a rebranding effort, changed the name of its Technical Solutions division to Mission Technologies after a series of acquisitions and the expansion of its national security capabilities. Andy Green, an executive vice president of HII, will serve as president of HII’s Mi...
The space domain plays a critical role in Joint Force operations as cross-service information sharing takes priority within the Department of Defense. Gen. Jay Raymond, chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner said we’re in the most complex strategic security environment he’s seen in three gen...
The Department of Defense is placing high priority on the development of secure, resilient mission partner environments as it moves forward with its highly-anticipated Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative. “Modernizing mission partner information sharing” is one of the five key lines of effort that make up the Department of Defense’...
Biometric data and technologies are being deployed within multiple federal agencies to boost the accuracy of identity verification and free up human decision makers for other, more complex and cognitive tasks, according to federal officials. However, an expansion of capabilities is necessary to fully reap the benefits and address the existing issues...
The Department of Defense has released the implementation plan for the Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept that aims to help the Joint Force facilitate information sharing and decision making through a warfighting network that will use artificial intelligence, machine learning, automation and predictive analytics. “Command and Control...
The U.S. government appears to be favoring the expansion of surveillance technology deployments along the border with the inclusion of funds for autonomous surveillance towers and other border security platforms in an omnibus budget package, The Washington Post reported Friday. On Thursday, Congress approved and sent to the White House a $1.5 trilli...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has won a potential 10-year, $11.5 billion contract to help the Defense Information Systems Agency consolidate information technology networks of the Department of Defense’s Fourth Estate organizational entities. Under the Defense Enclave Service contract, Leidos will move DOD agencies and field activities to a common netwo...
The Potomac Officers Club’s Achieve Information Dominance: Counter Gray Zone Warfare Through Unifying Data Forum on Wednesday united top officials from military branches, industry organizations and the Department of Defense in timely conversations on the role of data and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in the United States’ hybrid...
Thursday’s Digital Currency and National Security Forum, hosted by the Potomac Officers Club, featured a mid-day keynote address from the Honorable Marshall Billingslea, former assistant secretary for terrorist financing at the Department of the Treasury, on how blockchain fits into the broader context of historic human innovation, the national...
During Tuesday’s Fostering Resilient, All-of-Nation Pandemic Response event, hosted by the Potomac Officers Club, notable leaders from the federal health, military and business sectors discussed how we can leverage knowledge gained through early and current COVID-19 response efforts to better prepare the nation and its citizens for future biologi...
