Katie Thompson, deputy executive director of the Army Contracting Command will deliver a keynote address at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Army Summit Thompson brings extensive experience in Army acquisitions and contracting vehicles having served more than 14 years at one of the Army’s largest contracting commands. The 2026 Army Summit ...
Federal agencies are rapidly scaling artificial intelligence to modernize operations, enhance decision-making and improve mission outcomes. From defense to diplomacy to infrastructure, AI is emerging as a foundational pillar of digital transformation strategies across government. These advancements will take center stage at Potomac Officers ClubR...
Radiance Technologies has secured a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract valued at $149.7 million from the Defense Logistics Agency to upgrade and modernize existing infrastructure and instrumentation at the Reagan Test Range on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The Department of War said Thursday that the contract was awarded on a sole-source basis....
IonQ has appointed William “Bill” Dunlap as senior vice president of global architecture, bringing a longtime Department of War information technology leader into its CIO organization as the company continues to scale its infrastructure and security capabilities. In a LinkedIn post, the company said Dunlap will lead enterprise architecture, infr...
The Department of Transportation is undergoing rapid transformation under Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Since stepping into the role in January 2025, Duffy has prioritized robust infrastructure investments, safety standards, and the speedy, efficient delivery of critical projects nationwide. DOT’s transformation presents ample opp...
Katherine Sutton, Department of War assistant secretary for cyber policy, will deliver a keynote address at the 2026 Cyber Summit on May 21 Sutton’s broad experience and leadership in cyber and other critical emerging technologies at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and in federal R&D makes her a highly-sought after speaker Get your burning q...
The Department of War is charting a new course with artificial intelligence: moving from a mode of strategic enablement to disciplined delivery. The Pentagon wants to put “key critical [AI] capabilities” in the hands of warfighters as fast as possible, according to Cameron Stanley, who was appointed chief digital and artificial...
The U.S. government has, for decades, been inundated with legacy systems and equipment and slow procurement cycles that led to high maintenance costs and inefficient delivery of public services and left critical infrastructures vulnerable to cyberthreats. All of that seems to be changing. In 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order t...
By Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International The future of innovation in both government and industry will not be distinguished by singular breakthroughs, but rather by the convergence and meshing of a number of different new technologies. Going forward, industries, national security, economic competitiveness, privacy and almost eve...
Hon. Emil Michael doesn’t like the term “valley of death.” Long used to describe the place where promising technology projects go to die between incubation and actually being implemented, it’s become an obstacle — almost a cliche — that the government contracting and tech communities have taken as a given. But at Potomac...
