In October, the Department of Defense announced its intent to publish its first National Defense Industrial Strategy to lay out its plans for investment in the defense industrial base. According to Laura-Taylor Kale, assistant secretary of defense for industrial base policy, the strategy will center five key areas: creating resilient ...
The Potomac Officers Club is getting extraterrestrial: it will host the 2024 edition of its annual Space Summit on March 5. Registration is now open for the truly out-of-this-world event! Space is the fastest growing and most increasingly competitive domain in the defense realm. The Department of Defense is pulling out all of the stop...
Since its release in October 2022, the National Defense Strategy has guided the Department of Defense as it navigates today’s global competition landscape. A core objective within the strategy is to build enduring advantages, and the NDS notes investments in technology as a key part in achieving this goal. Leading DOD R&D efforts is Under...
Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or CJADC2, is a highly important part of the Department of Defense’s strategy for the future. It envisions a state of unification where all military communications and technology systems are interconnected and operate seamlessly. There are a host of topics that need to be urgently discussed in relatio...
Cybersecurity company Summit 7 has acquired CSW Systems for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand the delivery of compliance support and managed information technology services to classified data processing facilities and initiatives across the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Founded in 2011, CSW Systems has offices in Wa...
Potomac Officers Club will kick off its exciting slate of monthly summits next year with the 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 31, 2024. To celebrate its first decade, the event will feature none other than Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu as the opening keynote speaker. Shyu is one of...
The Department of Defense will advance the development of a B61 nuclear gravity bomb variant to meet the needs of an evolving security environment as discussed in the 2022 Nuclear Posture Review. The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration would develop and produce the proposed B61-13 bomb as part of efforts to strength...
Justin Woulfe is the chief technology officer of Systecon North America, a company focused on bringing cutting edge lifecycle management and operational readiness services to a variety of industries, including the defense sector. Since we last spoke with Woulfe in January, he and his cohort have been busy: they’ve successfully secured and...
With technology advancing rapidly and new threats taking shape, zero trust, a security strategy based on continuous authentication, has become a major priority for the Department of Defense. In November 2022, the department solidified its zero trust push with the release of the Zero Trust Strategy and Implementation Roadmap. According to J...
Laura Taylor-Kale, assistant secretary of defense for industrial base policy, said the Department of Defense plans to issue a national strategy to guide the modernization of the U.S. industrial base, DOD News reported Friday. According to Taylor-Kale, the National Defense Industrial Strategy is scheduled for release in December and will focus on cre...
