With over 7,000 individual and corporate members, our chapter boasts the largest membership in the AFCEA International community. Our chapter is blessed with the hometown advantage of having the Pentagon in our back yard, the Nation's Capital right next door, and the backbone of the Internet at our center. This means that our Monthly luncheons, IT Days, Breakfast and special events connect you with Government speakers that provide current poli...

Join us for NDIA’s 2024 Munitions Executive Summit scheduled for March 19 – 20, 2024, in Parsippany, NJ. This summit aims to provide a meaningful interchange on the challenges confronting the U.S. Munitions Enterprise. This annual event will be attended by key leaders in the U.S. Munitions Industrial base, academia, and the U.S. Government acquisition, program management, technology sectors. Your insights will greatly enhance the e...

Featuring a variety of tracks that focus on the most important breakthroughs in technology, film, culture, and music, SXSW proves that the most unexpected discoveries happen when diverse topics and people come together. Explore our 24 Conference Tracks, Keynotes, Featured Speakers, Formats, and more. Over 450 sessions have been announced, with entries up 33% compared to last season! Catch up on the first and second round of Keynote and Feature...

US and Coalition Forces in the First Gulf War, 1991, were equipped from deep stockpiles of highly capable kinetic and non-kinetic weapons systems. In contrast, supplying Ukraine in the Russo-Ukraine War has challenged weapons stockpiles and supply chains, share-ability/exportability, and trainability across dozens of countries’ militaries. How can we best ensure superior provisioning of warfighting in the EMS for future large scale, and...

As part of its modernization strategy, the US Army is recapitalizing its Howitzer portfolio over the next 5 years. Across active and reserve components of the Army, this will include the initial fielding and sustainment of 2000 systems (+2000 resupply vehicles). The howitzer program is indicative of a generational shift in capabilities and doctrine in this area. Here, doctrine has remained largely static for 40 years and this shift will requir...

The global race for space dominance is underway. New technologies, commercial investments and adversarial threats are shaping the future of space, and the United States must act quickly to solidify its superiority in a rapidly evolving and increasingly contested domain. Join the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Space Summit to get an in-depth look at how the nation’s space experts, government leaders and industry executives are tacklin...

This highly successful event has grown into a major technology event for Barksdale in just a few short years. Barksdale AFB is home to the Air Force Global Strike Command. AFGSC was activated in August, 2009, and is responsible for the nation's three Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Wings, two B-52 Stratofortress Wings, two B-1B Lancer Wings, the only B-2 Spirit Wing, and the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center.

Join us at this year's Land Forces Training summit as we delve into the evolving landscape of land forces training amid increased desire for effective collaboration with allied armed forces. Together with our esteemed partners at Team Orlando, we will explore the complexities, challenges, and advances that shape the future of military training. From cutting-edge simulated environments utilizing virtual reality and augmented reality, to innovat...

Data at the Helm: Steering the Future of National Security The need to maximize the cost effectiveness and intelligently leverage technology is imperative to ENABLING MISSION COMMAND. TechNet Fort Liberty offers an opportunity for experts and leaders from across the Army and Fort Liberty community to address various sides of the tough, controversial issues facing the FORSCOM, USSOCOM, JSOC and USASOC community. The goal of this Symposium is to...

Advances in AI-assisted technologies and the growing sophistication of international threat actors are increasing the stakes for federal agencies to implement new and more effective safeguards to protect the nation’s strategic data. Much of that effort revolves around the Biden administration’s Executive Orders on National Cybersecurity and related mandates coming due in 2024 to adopt zero-trust architectures across their enterpris...