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ay to bring forward innovative technologies the army may not yet be seeking it s a really easy way for you to bring your technology to the army even if we haven t issued a formal solicitation for it thompson said together the initiatives reflect the army s broader push toward commercial first acquisition outcome based contracting and faster capability delivery gd fresh perspectives needed for improved battlefield connectivity one industry executive yearned for new perspectives in the discussion about improving connectivity in combat clif basnight marconi vice president for mission technology adoption said during the what s still needed to enable a hyperconnected battlefield panel that it feels like the same people working on the notorious joint tactical radio system or jtrs program 25 years ago are the same people working on modern connectivity programs it would be great from an industry perspective if you knew of up and coming energetic and very intelligent industry partners to have them come to these meetings and bring new things to the table so that we can do integration at pace because we re not basnight said when i tell you what we re doing we re having the same conversations we had 25 years ago we need to change that basnight said reconfigurability is a technological advancement that would most help the pentagon achieve a hyperconnected battlefield the platform should be easier for me to pop on and pop off something that is something i haven t seen in the last 12 months he said if there was investment there to enhance network it would be reconfigurability of those platforms ph army needs industry to think differently about solicitations the army wants contractors to think creatively about responding to solicitations and not just offer what the service is asking for to maximize technological potential michael schwartz army chief engineer and systems engineering division chief said during the what s still needed to enable a hyperconnected battlefield panel discussion that contractors should tell the army about what it needs that the service isn t considering we need you to come to us with what you have that we re not thinking about not hey this matches your requirement he said what aren t we thinking about that s where i think the revolutionary piece is because we think we re smart but we don t think of everything ph don t overwhelm soldiers with technology representatives from both the army and industry agreed that the best technological advancements are the ones barely noticed by the operator the army s schwartz said during the what s still needed to enable a hyperconnected battlefield panel discussion that a positive and barely noticed user experience is absolutely essential it should be behind the scenes to the soldier he said they shouldn t even know that there s something driving this new thing that they can do they should just see the same thing either faster better or more efficiently whatever it is basnight agreed saying he would hear fellow soldiers grumble about having to use new technologies when he was in the army like having to wait four hours for an operating system to perform a function if industry can come back and say we have this vision this thing we watch on tv is what everybody s looking for and we start thinking like that it is a thought change across everyone that allows us to integrate these emerging capabilities without overbearing basnight said ph army s jeff waksman photo em janus program success is about robust commercial nuclear power a senior army official is defining success of the janus program nuclear microreactor effort as a robust commercial nuclear energy industry dr jeff waksman principal deputy assistant secretary for installations energy and environment said during his afternoon keynote that he is modeling the janus program in the image of nasa s commercial orbital transportation services or cots effort from 20 years ago which laid the foundation for a growing commercial space industry and spacex from a fledgling startup into a leading provider of launch services this is about transitioning nuclear energy from one off science projects to an actual commercial product waksman said so success at the end of this means that we have created a commercial industry in the same way that nasa was able to nurture commercial space companies like spacex that now can sell to the commercial sector we would like to do the same thing with advanced nuclear power ph army acquisition reform efforts are ever evolving the army continues its efforts to improve how it acquires weapon systems and services from industry a senior army official discussed how the service is considering changing its characteristic of needs statements to be less rigid and give contractors more flexibility to offer high potential technological capabilities we in the army are starting to look at characteristics of needs statements lt gen robert collins principal military deputy to the assistant secretary for acquisition technology and logistics said during his opening keynote how do we make them shorter how do we look at potentially describing what it is that we would like to give industry the flexibility to come back instead of prescribing the things that you must do ph ai use cases are advancing evolving army aviation is experimenting with ai to improve how it performs everyday tasks said cw4 reggie oliver army chief digital transformation officer for capability program executive aviation during the cost effective fires panel discussion army contracting command he said has an ai platform that helps automate contract generation something that we re trying to do here at cpe aviation is leverage some of these machine learning models or llms to streamline every single process that we have based upon each specific workflow cw4 oliver said what we re working towards is a fully autonomous agent that can do those monotonous and mundane and repetitive tasks ph definitions of ai vary wildly artificial intelligence can t be pinned down to one use case definition or purpose during the from data to decision how ai is transforming the army today panel cw4 reginald oliver said i would be willing to bet if i asked 50 of you your definition of artificial intelligence i would probably get 50 different answers cw4 oliver is chief digital transformation officer for capability program executive aviation meanwhile in his fireside chat with exiger ceo and wash100 winner brandon daniels army comptroller marc andersen interrogated the idea of what we mean when we say ai answering decisively and affirmatively when daniels asked him if he thought ai had a place in decision making charles lyons burt additional photos all images by executive mosaic keynote speaker ltg robert collins slices the cake for the army s 251st birthday marketing nice guys co founder tim ito led a sidebar discussion at the summit on the use of ai in marketing army comptroller hon marc andersen left speaks with exiger ceo brandon daniels right during a fireside chat ltg collins listens on during a session the air force s vision for a modular mq 9 uas successor https www potomacofficersclub com news john lamontagne mq9 next uas usaf modularity isr thu 09 jul 2026 19 32 17 0000 https www potomacofficersclub com p 279896 a modular mq 9 next uas would make it adjustable for new mission requirements the usaf could update it almost like a cellphone said gen john lamontagne hear directly from lamontagne during a keynote at the 2026 air and space summit hardware and software modularity for the u s air force s mq 9 reaper unmanned aircraft system successor a modular mq 9 next uas would make it adjustable for new mission requirements the usaf could update it almost like a cellphone said gen john lamontagne hear directly from lamontagne during a keynote at the 2026 air and space summit hardware and software modularity for the u s air force s mq 9 reaper unmanned aircraft system successor would make it more adjustable for novel and evolving mission requirements according to the war zone we could change it and put whatever kind of apps on it and change the speed of warfare said gen john lamontagne usaf vice chief of staff and a keynote speaker at the potomac officers club s 2026 air and space summit on july 30 we own it we control it and we can also change it very quickly get the latest business opportunities in uas and other next generation aircraft systems directly from lamontagne during his keynote address at the potomac officers club s 2026 air and space summit on july 30 get your burning questions answered during his q a session use the general s exclusive investment insights for increased contracting success in fy 2027 secure your seat today what would a modular mq 9 next design provide the air force a modular setup would allow the service to make changes to the mq 9 follow on platform a k a mq 9 next almost like a cell phone lamontagne said the service could use this modularity to operate intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance or isr sensors and weapons or with additional fuel for the new aircraft a usaf mq 9 reaper uas takes off from nellis afb nevada in june 2026 photo usaf this modularity would allow the service to keep costs down by competing additional portions of the platform for upgrades and services spreading investment among additional portions of the defense industrial base can also help the usaf broaden production of essential subcomponents and systems the usaf is putting together new requirements for mq 9 next after previously issuing a blueprint for the aircraft which included a lower price and the ability to operate in extremely contested environments lamontagne said he d like additional range to be one of these new requirements lamontagne said mq 9 next requirement development was more fluid than requirements for the collaborative combat aircraft one of the service s most high profile aircraft development efforts we re just going through some early work our air force futures team to figure out exactly how we want to tackle that going forward on mq 9 next lamontagne said are you a govcon business executive you can t afford to miss the potomac officers club s 2026 air and space summit on july 30 examine scaling advanced military capabilities at operational speed and balancing innovation cost and mission effectiveness from our all star panel of top officials during our speed of military technology advancement panel discussion featuring dr robert antypas air force research laboratory space access mobility and logistics mission area lead dr gp sandhoo space development agency director jacob glassman deputy assistant secretary of war for science and technology ron fritzmeier intel government technologies director of mission solutions chris jones nightwing chief technology officer sign up today the usaf is seeking improved performance of medium altitude long endurance uas like the mq 9 as they suffered significant losses during operation epic fury in iran the pentagon lost 24 mq 9s during the mission according to the congressional research service this is the equivalent of 2 billion in vanquished platforms as the mq 9 with a robust sensor package can cost as much as 84 million each in 2026 dollars according to the usaf we own it we control it and we can also change it very quickly gen john lamontagne usaf vice chief of staff on the benefits modularity would bring to the service on the mq 9 next uas what is the mq 9 the mq 9 reaper is a uas developed by general atomics aeronautical systems that first flew in 2001 it has more than 27 hours endurance and speeds of 240 knots true airspeed the platform can operate at altitudes as high as 50 000 ft and can carry 3 850 lbs in payload including 3 000 lbs of external storage why is modularity important in uas modularity is important in uas because typical design approaches using bespoke designed components and subsystems are too slow to leverage today s cutting edge technologies according to military embedded systems creating common architectures and standards like those found in future airborne capability environment or face and sensor open systems architecture aka sosa would allow the pentagon to quickly acquire best of breed capabilities on the open market without having to pay the original equipment manufacturer to supply these technologies at higher cost what missions would the mq 9 next perform the mq 9 next platform would perform similar missions to the mq 9 such as strike coordination and reconnaissance these missions benefit from the mq 9 s long loiter time wide range sensors multi mode communications suite and precision weapons the mq 9 next would also perform missions like close air support combat search and rescue route clearance target development and terminal air guidance the navy s money man vadm brad skillman to keynote 2026 navy summit https www potomacofficersclub com news skillman navy resources keynote govcon summit mon 06 jul 2026 15 37 07 0000 https www potomacofficersclub com p 279496 skillman is essentially the navy s chief financial officer he keynotes the govcon conference alongside acting secretary hung cao and other navy leaders his talk will touch on where navy funding is headed next potomac officers club the nation s preeminent govcon networking and events company is pleased to announce that its 2026 navy summit will feature skillman is essentially the navy s chief financial officer he keynotes the govcon conference alongside acting secretary hung cao and other navy leaders his talk will touch on where navy funding is headed next potomac officers club the nation s preeminent govcon networking and events company is pleased to announce that its 2026 navy summit will feature vice adm brad skillman deputy chief of naval operations for integration of capabilities and resources n8 in the office of the chief of naval operations as a keynote speaker on aug 27 in falls church virginia as n8 skillman effectively serves as the navy s chief financial officer overseeing the integration prioritization and resourcing of every capability the service buys builds and fields few positions in the department of the navy carry more weight over where the fleet s money actually goes giving the govcon community a rare chance to hear directly from the officer who translates naval strategy into budget reality attendees will also hear from acting secretary of the navy hung cao who headlines the keynote lineup along with acting chief information officer barry tanner and vice adm michael vernazza commander of naval information forces this is a must attend event for all members of the defense industrial base register now who is brad skillman skillman currently serves as deputy chief of naval operations for integration of capabilities and resources n8 a post he has held since january 2024 in that role he sits at the center of the navy s budget process weighing competing capability requirements against available resources and...