Business
US Army Contradictions Muddy Humvee-Replacement Plan
The service intends to buy 500 fewer JLTVs next year — but will it still buy the total planned 49,000?
Business
Lockheed Unveils F-21 Fighter, a Beefy F-16 Concept It’s Pitching to India
It’s the company’s latest attempt to secure a $15 billion deal for 114 new fighter jets.
Ideas
Startups Should Love Government Work
New pathways to federal business are helping young companies thrive — and the government to get what it needs.
Ideas
Don’t Play Mob Ball: What Acquisition Pros Can Learn from Kids Soccer
PEOs tend to grab onto a hot new contract approach like elementary schoolers chasing a ball.
Policy
Hard-Nosed Pentagon Negotiator Removed From Job; Racked Up Huge Travel Costs
Shay Assad also backed a controversial plan to slow payments to defense contractors.
Business
An Italian-Designed, American-Built Helicopter Will Replace US Air Force Hueys
The selection of the Boeing-Leonardo MH-139 ends a years-long quest to replace the 1970s-era UH-1Ns.
Science & Tech
Pentagon Shifts Its Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Programs to a New Leader
The new CIO will take over responsibility for JEDI, DOES, and other cloud efforts from the chief management officer.
Business
Marines to Buy New Amphibious Combat Vehicle from BAE Systems
The armored personnel carrier will replace the four-decade-old Amphibious Assault Vehicle.
Business
US Air Force Is Waiting a Year for Parts That It Could 3D-Print
Its chief weapons buyer is mulling licensing arrangements to allow third-party manufacture.
Science & Tech
After Failed Search for Jammer Drones, US Army Takes Unusual Step
The service is switching to a little-understood and lightly regulated contracting method to get them.
Ideas
Five Myths About Pentagon Weapons Programs
As the service secretaries converge on Capitol Hill to talk acquisition reform, it’s important to sort fact from fiction.
Business
Lockheed: Pentagon Negotiators Are Becoming More Unpredictable
The company’s CFO says willingness to discard precedent has stalled a new deal for the F-35 — and even affected the C-130.
Ideas
A Baby-Step Solution for Improving the Defense Acquisition System
Establish a source selection schedule and keep to it. Simple. Right?
Business
‘Surprising Capabilities’ Guru Tapped to Lead Air Force Acquisition
But assuming Will Roper wins confirmation, what will become of the Strategic Capabilities Office he helped create?
Business
Pentagon Delays Deadline For Military Suppliers to Meet Cybersecurity Rules
The goal of the new regulations is to secure sensitive data on the computers and networks at smaller companies.
Business
Pentagon’s Ambitious Goal: Launch a Weapons Program in Just 12 Months
The defense acquisition undersecretary is looking to rapid capabilities offices as models for more formal programs.
Ideas
How to Save the Pentagon’s Innovation Insurgency
The former chief of the US Army’s Rapid Equipping Force suggests parallel tracks for innovation and execution.
Business
US Air Force Wants to Get New Nuclear Weapons Faster
Just months into the first development contracts, the service’s top general is looking for ways to speed things up.
Business