The White House's AI Executive Order in October 2023 lays the groundwork for exponential AI growth in the federal sector after a year of particularly rapid development for the emerging technology. As the public sector meaningfully moves forward into an AI-enabled future, government leaders are working to harness the groundbreaking potential and innovation AI has to offer. Join the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual AI Summit, where feder...

The Intelligence Community is constantly evolving to stay ahead of new threats, technologies, global events and adversarial capabilities as focus shifts from counterterrorism to peer and near-peer competition. In response to these shifts — and an urgent need for widespread modernization across the IC — intelligence leaders are looking at ways to update the intelligence tradecraft, adopt cutting-edge technologies, become more agile,...

As complex geopolitical conflicts unfold around the world, United States military and government leaders are gleaning key insights into the future battlefield and gearing up to operate contested environments. To combat the tyranny of distance and prepare for a potential long-distance fight, the Department of Defense is focusing on contested logistics and building capability in austere conditions.

Breakthrough advancements in artificial intelligence have propelled the field to new heights. AI is being harnessed across government, industry and military branches alike to support and advance missions in a myriad of applications. But as a still relatively nascent technology, AI also comes with inherent risks, threats and vulnerabilities — as evidenced by the rapid development of generative AI tools and technologies in recent years. Th...

Cyber permeates all aspects of the federal government today, and its expansion will undoubtedly continue as the world accelerates its digital revolution. As an important component of modernization, cyber unlocks powerful capabilities, enables efficiency and transforms organizations — but it also poses a host of new challenges, vulnerabilities and security threats to the country’s most critical infrastructure. Today, cyberspace is t...

Space has gone through a myriad of consequential changes since mankind entered the domain, and today, it is not a benign environment. The commercialization and democratization of space has created a highly-competitive landscape that simultaneously drives innovation and poses significant risks to countries that cannot keep up. The U.S. must develop and deploy innovative solutions at the speed of relevance to keep pace with adversaries, ensure t...

According to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office, approximately 70 percent of federal civilian agency cybersecurity programs are ineffective. With the rising amount of attacks on critical civilian infrastructure, federal agencies are now prioritizing cybersecurity more than ever before. The U.S. government is harnessing advanced technological solutions like cloud and AI/ML to better protect itself against cyber attacks and...

In response to rapid technological advancements around the world, the Pentagon is ramping up its research and development efforts in 14 critical and emerging technology areas which include AI, microelectronics and hypersonics, among others. The Department of Defense has identified these technologies as paramount to U.S. national security, and the list now serves as a guide for government and industry technology investments. In the coming years...

With the relatively recent proliferation of sensors, Internet of Things-connected devices and digitally enabled assets, organizations are seeing a massive influx of data that needs protection. This increase in data and information that may be interesting to our country’s adversaries also leads to a rise in cyber threats and potential attacks — today, government and industry organizations alike must leverage best practices, new meth...

Over the last decade, landmark artificial intelligence advancements have drastically altered the federal and industry landscape and influenced government agencies’ evolving technology priorities and initiatives.Federal officials are working to incorporate industry technology breakthroughs in numerous applications to computationally augment capabilities of service members and warfighters in the field, advance unmanned vehicle development...