The event will feature guests discussing current and future priorities of the United States in the now contested domain of Space, given geopolitical developments and pacing adversaries. Space is no longer free from conflict and our panel of experts will delve into how the United States will protect and defend critical space systems.

This discussion aims to delve into the multifaceted landscape of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential impact on defense strategies. Addressing both opportunities and challenges, the discourse will cover the utilization of generative AI in areas such as autonomous systems, threat detection, and decision support. The session will also examine ethical considerations, potential vulnerabilities, existing cyber policies on speed...

DESCRIPTION: The Shared Services concept of sharing a service or critical expertise across multiple business or mission functions within a particular agency or across multiple agencies has been around for many years with the intent of building high-quality capacity through economies of scale. The goal for Shared Services is to improve quality, consistency, and timeliness, reduce duplicative investments, and provide cost effectiveness of servic...

The Navy relies on a variety of technologies and platforms to project U.S. power around the world, such as aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines and other combat vessels. Tying all of these platforms together are IT systems. Relying on command-and-control systems, telecommunications, intelligence, satellites, and other IT systems is how the Navy ensures it successfully completes its mission. Because of this, the Navy has often been at the...

The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Intelligence Community must preserve our nation’s competitive advantages in highly contested environments; real-time flow of information, reliable communications, and accurate data are absolutely essential to our country’s strategic efforts. Our warfighters must succeed where stable communication links are sparse, bandwidth constraints impede data flow, cyber threats loom large, and the d...

Register Now for the 2024 Air Force Contracting Summit, scheduled for February 22 - 23, 2024 at the Rosen Centre in Orlando. Join more than 700 defense contractors at one of the top defense industry forums of the year and get the latest details on billions of dollars worth of new Air Force contracts, from construction to technology.

The National Defense Industrial Strategy is a first of its kind document that lays out the framework for how the Defense Department will engage and work with industry as well as how DOD will invest in new technologies. The document describes a three-to-five-year plan that focuses on four priorities: resilient supply chain, workforce readiness, flexible acquisition, and economic deterrence. Government contractors in the IT and systems integrati...

Zero Trust is a cutting-edge cybersecurity method gaining ground, especially in defense and government agencies like the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). Adopting a Zero Trust model revolves around the continuous verification and monitoring of all devices and users trying to access any network, ensuring cyber resiliency and robust security measures for secrets management, encryption, access control and auditing in warfighter operatio...

DESCRIPTION: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies have entered the government procurement environment and from everyone’s perspective these technologies are here to stay. These newer technologies enable us to re-imagine service delivery and provide more efficient operations; however, there are still concerns about ethical and legal implications, intellectual property rights, data and privacy protection, and more....

DISA'S Priorities for 2024 and Beyond: An In Depth Look Through the Lens of Agency Leadership