What Is RIMPAC? The Exercise Rim of the Pacific is the biggest international naval demonstration. Known as RIMPAC, it biennially gathers a group of willing ally nations to bring their most exciting tools and vessels and perform a series of exercises broken down into three movements: the harbor phase, the force integration training phase an...
In February, the Department of the Air Force announced a massive reoptimization effort to prepare the Air Force and Space Force to navigate the increasingly complex landscape of great power competition. This plan focuses on four main areas – developing people, generating readiness, projecting power and developing capabilities – and the DAF has ...
Arcfield has secured a potential five-year, $93 million follow-on contract to provide full life cycle support to the Air Force Research Laboratory’s next-generation secure data-sharing tool. The company said Tuesday it will help AFRL maintain the Information Support Server Environment and X-domain Agile Rules-Based Information Transfer Orchest...
The field of artificial intelligence is evolving rapidly, and the U.S. government is working to adapt to these constant changes as quickly as possible. To ensure that AI is brought in successfully, federal organizations have devised new strategies to guide their adoption of AI tools. During a panel discussion at the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th An...
The October 2023 Executive Order on the Safe Secure and Trustworthy Development of Artificial Intelligence launched the U.S. government into a new era of AI exploration. Federal agencies have since heightened their focus on AI adoption, and organizations across the public sector are constantly working to progress a variety of AI initiatives. At the ...
In the challenging environment of space, “nuclear answers the mail on some serious operational problems,” according to Michael Smith, nuclear portfolio lead for operational energy-innovation within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. During a panel discussion at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Space...
The innovation arms of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force have announced the cohorts of small businesses that secured Strategic Funding Increase contracts for program year 2024 to help transition their defense technologies from the development phase to full production. The 2024 STRATFI initiative accounts for $193 million in Small Business Innovatio...
The United States is in the midst of a global race to dominate the space domain, and to stay ahead, the federal government must accelerate its efforts to expand and deepen its space capabilities. U.S. officials have heavily emphasized the importance of collaboration in building and maintaining a competitive advantage in space, and contracts are...
The Potomac Officers Club’s symposium on all things space domain is fast-approaching: the 5th Annual Space Summit will be held on March 5 at the Hilton-McLean in Virginia. At the event, the U.S. government’s most formidable space agency leaders will give the audience exclusive insight into where their priorities lie for the year ahead, which tr...
Technological innovation is the top priority for most leaders in the defense landscape, but technology is just one of many components that need to come together to enable our tech superiority. So what are the advancements we need to make in the next five to ten years to actually achieve overmatch and thwart global competitors?...
