Lew Messing, vice president of programs at Science Applications International Corp., will lead a panel discussion at a Nov. 17 virtual event about information technology modernization efforts within the defense and intelligence sectors. In his current capacity, Messing supports U.S. intelligence community customers such as the Office of the Director...
Extreme weather events continue to increase in frequency and severity on a global scale, and climate change is gaining greater importance across federal government agencies’ priorities and concerns. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information, the U.S. has experienced at least...
Michael Berkowitz, founding principal of climate-focused non-profit organization, Resilient Cities Catalyst, will deliver the keynote address at a Nov. 18 virtual event hosted by GovCon Wire Events to share insights on how public and private sector organizations can leverage urban resilience movement approaches to ensure future success as climate c...
Federal agencies are working to integrate artificial intelligence into their infrastructures as they iteratively replace outdated legacy systems and optimize essential operations to match adversarial capabilities in the digital age. As a boost to this critical initiative, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio introduced the Adv...
NASA will resume contract work with SpaceX on the development of a human landing system that would bring two astronauts to the surface of the moon after the U.S. Court of Federal Claims dismissed a bid protest by Blue Origin. The court’s decision upholds the space agency’s move to award a potential $2.89 billion contract...
As the rapid development of emerging technologies continues to have transformative impacts on today’s battlespace, U.S. defense agencies have recently shifted their priorities to reflect an exponentially increasing demand for modernization, optimization and cybersecurity. The Department of Defense created a new acquisition framework in January...
Potomac Officers Club hosted its Winning With the Network: Securing Data in Motion to the Tactical Edge, the latest event in POC’s JADC2 Series, to bring together the members of the federal sector and government contracting (GovCon) industry to learn more about how the Department of Defense and its commercial partners are leveraging advanced 5G,...
U.S. Army officials are working to synchronize the modernization of its enterprise and tactical networks for the first phase of an initiative to create an Army force that is ready for multidomain operations from 2028 onwards. The Army’s Unified Network Plan, released Oct. 8, outlines five lines of effort to align service personnel, capabilitie...
On Thursday the Potomac Officers Club hosted its 7th Annual Intel Summit, a virtual seminar featuring notable government and private sector leaders and executives who gathered to explore the intelligence community’s obstacles, opportunities and future initiatives including AI/ML, data utility and foreign adversary threats. Following DIA Director...
Potomac Officers Club hosted its 7th Annual Intel Summit on Thursday to bring together the members of the federal sector and government contracting (GovCon) industry to learn more about how intelligence officials incorporate cutting-edge technology and techniques to gather intelligence, combat adversaries and push through the latest initiatives for ...
