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U.K.’s ministry of defense has monitored the ongoing U.S. Joint Multirole Technology Demonstrator that seeks to develop a medium-lift vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with updated capacity, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Richard Whittle writes U.K. can potentially
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The General Services Administration will embed an acquisition expert within the newly established Technology Transformation Service group in a move to boost 18F‘s acquisition capabilities, FCW reported Monday. Mark Rockwell writes a contracting
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U.S. Navy Chief Information Officer Robert Foster has delegated authority to approve requests from naval components to move its systems to cloud-based environments in an effort to streamline approval processes, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jared Serbu writes
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Anne Rung, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, has outlined several measures that OFPP has undertaken to implement category management across the government. Rung told Michael Keegan, host of The Business of
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The General Services Administration has updated its real estate sustainability practice tool with a new platform built to aid in product procurement functions vendors and buyers, the agency announced Tuesday. Kevin Kampschroer, GSA chief sustainability
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The Defense Department, NASA and the General Services Administration have released a final rule that lists 15 security control measures that seek to protect contractors’ data systems as part of amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the
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Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) has said contracting reforms in the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2016 works to open opportunities for small businesses to compete for defense contracts. Chabot wrote in a guest piece for Defense
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A fiscal 2017 defense policy bill approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday includes language to restrict the number of RD-180 engines that the Defense Department can purchase from Russia to no more than nine
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A defense policy bill the House Armed Services Committee approved two weeks ago contains a provision that would require the Defense Department to implement open architecture-based weapon systems “to the maximum extent practicable,” Federal
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Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall has decided to withdraw his legislative proposal seeking greater agency oversight of merger and acquisition activities between defense companies, Defense News reported Tuesday. Aaron Mehta writes Kendall made the decision
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