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  • A Guide to the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Summer DOD Series
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    A Guide to the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Summer DOD Series

    The Potomac Officers Club is proud to present its summer series for 2025. This three-event series directly curated for GovCon executives will dive deep into the most important programs at the Department of Defense service branches. The 2025 Army Summit is coming soon on June 18, with the 2025 Air and Space Summit taking place on July 31 and […] More

  • Leonel Garciga Has Big Plans for US Army cATO Software Efforts
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    Leonel Garciga Has Big Plans for US Army cATO Software Efforts

    Leonel Garciga, U.S. Army chief information officer and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, is tackling continuous authority to operate, a.k.a. cATO, processes, for physical weapon systems and platforms as part of an overall service effort to enhance how it uses software on its networks. Centralizing cATO processes is a top priority for Garciga, who is keynoting the […] More

  • Invictus’ Sean Papso on Keeping the US a Leader in the AI Race
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    Invictus’ Sean Papso on Keeping the US a Leader in the AI Race

    Sean Papso understands better than anyone how important AI is to U.S. national security. As executive vice president at Invictus Corporate Strategy & Growth, Papso is working with customers to integrate AI into cyber defenses at every level. Papso has over 15 years experience driving strategic expansion and operational excellence in defense and intelligence. He increased […] More

  • Former Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo Appointed KBR Defense Tech SVP
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    Former Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo Appointed KBR Defense Tech SVP

    Gabe Camarillo, former U.S. Army under secretary, has been named senior vice president of defense technology solutions at KBR. Camarillo will offer global scientific, engineering and technical services to advance KBR’s business across domains—land, sea, air and cyberspace—for the Department of Defense, U.K. Ministry of Defence and Australian Defence Force. In his new role, Camarillo […] More

  • Henry Choi on Keeping HII at the Forefront of GovCon Success
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    Henry Choi on Keeping HII at the Forefront of GovCon Success

    Henry Choi has spent 30 years in the government services national security sector helping leading GovCons win business, expand technical leadership and invest in cutting-edge emerging technologies such as cyber and electronic warfare, space, airborne and C4ISR. With previous stops at leading defense contractors CACI and Northrop Grumman, Choi is now the vice president of business development […] More

  • What Is a Modular Open Systems Approach?
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    What Is a Modular Open Systems Approach?

    A modular open systems approach, a.k.a. MOSA, is one of the most well known terms in military contracting. Introduced decades ago, it is the ability for DOD to “plug and play” components, allowing it to upgrade and modernize weapon systems faster, easier and cheaper. DOD has had a habit of developing weapon systems that can […] More

  • Cyber Executive Orders From Biden Face Uncertain Future Under Trump
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    Cyber Executive Orders From Biden Face Uncertain Future Under Trump

    Cyber executive orders issued by former President Joe Biden face an uncertain future under President Donald Trump largely due to the bipartisan nature of federal cyber policy and the two presidents’ common perspectives on cyber. One executive order issued late in Biden’s term has especially important ramifications for GovCon cloud service providers and other technology contractors. […] More

  • DDIL: How DOD Seeks to Operate in Low Bandwidth Environments
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    DDIL: How DOD Seeks to Operate in Low Bandwidth Environments

    DDIL—or denied, degraded, intermittent or limited—might sound like abstract jargon to some. But for the DOD in the modern era of great power competition, it’s one of its toughest operational challenges. The DDIL environment features reduced, sporadic or zero internet connectivity. It encapsulates the unique communication challenges faced in dynamic theater environments. Operating in theater requires persistent […] More

  • PACAF Needs Modernized Software for Better Information Sharing
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    PACAF Needs Modernized Software for Better Information Sharing

    Legacy software considered outdated and uncommon is hindering the U.S. Pacific Air Forces’ ability to share data and information with allies and partners, according to a key official. David Peña, PACAF chief for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems enterprise division and senior technical advisor for ISR directorate, said on April 24 at the Potomac Officers […] More

  • How GovCons With Global Supply Chains Can Manage New Tariffs
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    How GovCons With Global Supply Chains Can Manage New Tariffs

    New tariffs from President Donald Trump are roiling markets and industries around the world. No longer just a tool of trade negotiations, tariffs can initiate a series of counter-tariffs and other actions, such as state investigations into firms, that can substantially hike prices and costs, foul supply chains and hurt supplier arrangements. But there are […] More

  • Navy CIO Eager to Work With This Powerful Organization
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    Navy CIO Eager to Work With This Powerful Organization

    Wash100 Award winner and Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer Jane Rathbun is looking forward to working with the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency to help the service achieve its software modernization goals. DOGE has begun working with the Department of Defense’s CIO office to reduce software processes and programs that it alleged were unnecessary, according […] More

  • DOD Wants a Kill Web for This Nascent Missile Defense System
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    DOD Wants a Kill Web for This Nascent Missile Defense System

    The Department of Defense is a step closer to finalizing the design of its Golden Dome missile defense shield over the U.S., a timely example of a kill web architecture that integrates warfare and intelligence capabilities across multiple domains. U.S. Space Command said it provided Wash100 Award winner and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Golden Dome architecture suggestions […] More