The South Korean government has secured approval from the U.S. Department of State to purchase F-15K aircraft upgrade and logistics support for an estimated cost of $6.2 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday Boeing, BAE Systems and Raytheon Technologies will serve as primary contractors for the proposed foreign military sale....
Biometric systems are increasingly being leveraged across the nation for homeland security missions and the security of U.S. citizens. With this increased implementation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security aims to transition from the agency’s Automated Biometric Identification System, or IDENT, to a cloud-based service dubbed ...
As the U.S. military operates in an increasingly competitive multi-domain landscape, officials believe the nation and its international partners must prepare to fight and win in contested logistics environments. During a panel discussion titled “The Importance of Logistics and Sustainment in Deterrence” at the Potomac Officers Club&...
The AUKUS agreement — a trilateral security pact between the U.S., U.K. and Australia — was first announced in September 2021. As the partnership enters its fourth year, leaders across AUKUS nations are looking to continue their momentum by continuing to cultivate an integrated innovation environment. During a panel discussion at the Potomac Off...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International Earlier this Summer, the Department of Homeland Security, through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, announced more than $18.2 million in Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program awards to assist tribal nations with managi...
The Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Navy Summit presents an exciting opportunity to gain exclusive knowledge about one of the service branch’s top priorities: 5G. During this event, you will have the chance to hear from a variety of keynote speakers and panelists from across the Navy and industry. One panel session, titled “5G in Navy Mission...
In the competitive government contracting landscape, your professional network can be your key to success. But not every networking opportunity is worth your while. Service providers and the professional networking crowd can get in the way of meaningful and productive connections with actual senior-level executives and industry leaders. That’s w...
Government contracting veteran Gautam Ijoor founded Alpha Omega in 2016 to help the U.S. government fight the newfangled threats of the modern era: cyber criminality, terrorism and environmental degradation. From its humble beginnings, the company has now risen to a net worth of $132 million and 55 percent year-over-year growth in revenue last year ...
Workforce is a determining factor of the success of any project, and it can be a challenge for federal agencies to find and recruit information technology experts and train their existing staff – who are often used to traditional processes – on new technologies. Low-code software presents a solution to this problem. This programming method...
Recent momentum in artificial intelligence could be seen as a largely American enterprise, led by domestic companies such as OpenAI and federal government initiatives from the likes of the Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office — not to mention multiple presidential executive orders on the matter. However, U.S. ...
