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Katie Arrington departs DOD to rejoin private sector

CMMC's standard bearer is joining quantum computing company IonQ as its chief information officer.

  • By Nick Wakeman

OPINION: Federal equity investments raise troubling questions about picking winners and losers

From L3Harris Technologies to Intel, the Trump administration is taking stakes in defense companies with little transparency and no clear conflict-of-interest safeguards.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Another 340 firms approved to bid on Golden Dome work worth up to $151B

All but a handful of the 2,400-plus companies who sought approval have received it.

  • By Thomas Novelly

I ‘did not expect to be told to build a battleship,’ Navy’s surface warfare director says

The Trump administration’s priorities are forcing the service to rethink its shipbuilding plans.

  • By Meghann Myers

Slingshot to bring AI to Space Force training programs

The company will use its TALOS artificial intelligence solution to mirror real world threats.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Luminary Cloud expands physics AI toolkit with defense-focused models

The company designed its new SHIFT models to address collaborative combat aircraft, autonomous submarines, and fluid dynamics challenges.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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Slapping ‘commercial’ on a contract does not make it so

A new Air Force sources sought notice on supporting nuclear missiles highlights gaps between rhetoric and reality.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Securing Golden Dome: tackling cyber vulnerabilities in a ‘system of systems’

Contractors must demonstrate how their solutions contribute to integrated domain awareness across the Pentagon's most complex missile defense effort.

  • By Jennifer Namvar and Tim Cunningham

Sabel Systems expands space domain work with Centil acquisition

With backing from Sagewind Capital, the company continues its build out with a second transaction in six months.

  • By Nick Wakeman

NDAA: Massive expansion of commercial solutions openings and other key takeaways for defense contractors

COMMENTARY | The past year brought major changes for defense acquisition.

  • By Jeremy D. Burkhart

The Pentagon wants a common network for its counter-drone systems

The Army-led task force wants candidates by early next year.

  • By Meghann Myers

CACI’s $2.6B Arka buy targets space dominance, agentic AI

The transaction focuses on space sensor capabilities and positions the company for opportunities around Golden Dome, classified satellite programs and the Indo-Pacific Command region.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Incumbents face new risks in filing bid protests under 2026 NDAA

A new provision could reshape bid protest strategies, but does not address one root cause of them: poor debriefings by agencies.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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Pentagon preps to enforce ban on companies with ‘indirect’ ties to China

Defense firms will be notified of potential links to blacklisted Chinese-military companies a year before the contracting ban goes into effect, the assistant defense secretary for industrial policy said.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Another 1,000 defense companies chosen for $151B Golden Dome competition

The number of awards doubled as more companies are selected to compete for the SHIELD contract vehicle.

  • By Thomas Novelly

Expanded ‘non-traditional’ contractor definition dropped from final NDAA

The Senate provision would have created a new pathway based on research-and-development cost allocations, which benefit firms doing mostly fixed-price work and pursuing Other Transaction agreements.

  • By Nick Wakeman

DISA preps $600M enterprise storage recompete

The Defense Information Systems Agency is seeking an on-demand managed service with usage-based pricing.

  • By Nick Wakeman

NDAA would let large contractors keep ‘non-traditional’ status indefinitely

This change would allow companies with billions in Pentagon contracts to maintain non-traditional status by keeping research-and-development cost allocations below a $1.1 million threshold.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Army seeks contractor for logistics and supply chain management support

The five-year contract will span strategic planning, supply chain management and congressional affairs for the G-4 organization.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Hegseth hints at higher defense budgets as OMB says another reconciliation bill is possible

Analysts had warned that the $156 billion reconciliation bill might lead to efforts unsustainable without more money.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

General Dynamics IT opens new hub for developing tactical edge solutions

The new Mission Emerge Center is GDIT’s newest investment in its research-and-development infrastructure for bringing new technologies to defense and intelligence agencies.

  • By Nick Wakeman