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Sierra Nevada Corp.‘s space subsidiary has created a group that will advise the business on matters related to national security threats and technology trends. James “Hondo” Geurts, former acting undersecretary and acquisition chief of the U.S. Navy and a previous Wash100 awardee, will lead the national security advisory group at Sierra Space ...

James Geurts, former acquisition chief of the U.S. Navy and a previous Wash100 awardee, and 35-year Air Force veteran Joseph Reynes, Jr. have been named advisory board members of technology company Epirus. They joined the board as Epirus aims to introduce technologies designed to help public and private sector clients to defend against electronic an...

James “Hondo” Geurts, former acquisition chief at the U.S. Navy and previous Wash100 awardee, has joined Sarcos Technology and Robotics (Nasdaq: STRC) as executive vice chairman. He will work with the leadership team to explore acquisition and business expansion opportunities and refine approaches to support customer requirements in the defense ...

James “Hondo” Geurts, formerly assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, has been named to the advisory board of the Silicon Valley Defense Group. “I am excited to join the SVDG team as the organization continues to bridge the gap between the Department of Defense and the technology community,” Geurts, a prev...

Bill Marion, managing director at Accenture Federal Services, acted as the moderator for an expert panel discussion during Potomac Officers Club’s 2021 Navy Forum on May 12th, 2021. The following panelists discussed driving data and platform success, featuring Bradley Goodrich, Jane Rathbun and Capt. Matt Farr of the U.S. Navy and George Batsakis ...

The Department of the Navy has developed sweeping new initiatives aimed at updating information technology (IT) and security practices. The Navy has also improved collaboration across operations, planning, acquisition sustainment and readiness. These strides for the Navy’s digital transformation must continue for the service to remain on the cutti...

During Potomac Officers Club’s 7th Annual Defense Research and Development (R&D) Summit, notable federal and industry leaders will meet to discuss the latest priorities across the R&D landscape. Featuring U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Lorin Selby, chief of naval research, as keynote speaker, the summit will also address advancements and challenges w...

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has secured a $496M engineering and manufacturing development contract to build aircraft-based jamming system pods for the U.S. Navy. The company will provide eight operational prototypes and four test pods of the branch's Next Generation Jammer Low Band system, Naval Air Systems Command said Friday....

Potomac Officers Club’s (POC) 2020 Navy Forum continued with an expert panel full of significant names of consequence to the development of the collaboration and innovation for the Navy. If you missed the event, you can still register to watch the Navy Forum in its entirety by visiting Potomac Officers Club’s Event Archive....

James “Hondo” Geurts, assistant secretary for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN (RD&A)) with the U.S. Navy, delivered his keynote address during Potomac Officers Club’s 2020 Navy Forum on September 30th. If you missed this pivotal event, you can still register to watch the footage in Potomac Officers Club’s Event Archive....