The Department of Defense has released a directive that assigns responsibilities, establishes policy and offers direction for monitoring and reporting sustainment business health metrics in support of materiel availability. The document defines
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Executive Mosaic on Tuesday spotlighted two exceptional leaders — Leidos CEO Thomas Bell and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante — in recognition of their 2024 Wash100 Award wins. Wash100 returned
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The Department of Defense introduced a strategy last week to provide sustainable living facilities that improve quality of life for service members and their families. The Resilient and Healthy Defense Communities Strategy
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The Department of Defense has released the list of DOD installations and National Guard facilities where interim actions to expedite the cleanup of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, are
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The Department of Defense is inviting potential vendors to submit white papers for a bioindustrial manufacturing funding opportunity. The Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Investment Program will leverage the Defense Industrial Base Consortium Other
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The Department of Defense has issued a new strategy that seeks to guide DOD’s policy development, engagement and investment in the defense industrial base in the next three to five years. DOD
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The U.S. industrial base’s response to the Ukraine conflict “has been truly historic,” according to William LaPlante, under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment and a two-time Wash100 Award winner. In total, the Department
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William LaPlante, under secretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense, said DOD is pushing to get the Standard Missile-6, Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile, Patriot Advanced Capability-3 and other munitions and
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The Department of Defense has awarded six grants worth about $30 million combined through the Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program to help strengthen the U.S. national security innovation base. The DMCSP funding
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William LaPlante, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said the current manufacturing rate for 155mm artillery rounds stands at 28,000 shells a month and is on schedule to hit at least
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