A Department of Defense study has found that amid a financially healthy defense industry, small businesses face challenges when it comes to securing cash flow to cover operating expenses and do not
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Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said the U.S. may find it “challenging” to equip itself with weapons systems and help Ukraine in its fight against Russia if weapons manufacturers cannot ramp up
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Amentum announced Tuesday the creation of its Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Collaboration Center near Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC). The Center aims to create new digital engineering capabilities to benefit the Department
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A new congressional task force on defense supply chain vulnerabilities has been created to prepare legislative solutions to include in the annual defense policy bill. The task force’s co-chairs Reps. Elissa Slotkin,
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The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has announced a new initiative to partner with security agencies to advance multi-domain operations, specifically to improve teamwork in regards to air operations, Heidi Grant, DSCA director
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Gen. David Goldfein, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, told Defense News on Monday about his priority to link assets across the joint force to facilitate
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Michael Griffin, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, recently criticized the defense industry for being “mired in process†just like the government, Space News reported Sunday. Speaking to contractors at last
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The Trump administration has halted plans to survey multiple U.S. contractors that would have been part of a broader defense industrial base review, Defense News reported Wednesday. The report said the U.S.
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department have pledged to continue to work with the Defense Department to ensure that planned mergers and acquisitions in the defense industry will not impair competition among
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U.S. Air Force Sec. Deborah Lee James has detailed the service branch’s Bending the Cost Curve acquisition system that seeks to support innovation and deliver cost savings and process efficiencies. James wrote in a guest piece published Wednesday
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