Industry

US to allies: Don’t use Chinese satellite services

Internal talking points also give State Department officials guidance on responding to concerns about SpaceX’s Starlink.

Defense One Radio, Ep. 178: Sea-Air-Space, in review

From drones to shipbuilding, we review what we learned at this year's Sea-Air-Space conference in Washington.

Microsoft’s AI offering approved for all Defense operations

Azure OpenAI is now available for the Defense Department at all government data classification levels.

Robot maker emerges from stealth with $15M in seed capital

Booz Allen Hamilton’s venture capital arm invested in the startup, which brings drone tech and AI together for defense missions.

Pentagon seeks feedback on how to structure $48B tech research recompete

The Defense Department specifically wants industry input on the future contract's setup, and how it could widen the scope for one area of work.

The state of naval autonomy

Companies are teeming with various uncrewed and autonomous systems to meet the Navy’s ask for a hybrid fleet—obstacles and all.

Canceled: Pentagon terminates IT service contracts

Defense Secretary opts to rely on federal workers instead of third-party consulting firms Accenture, Deloitte, and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Trump’s defense-acquisition executive order hits the right notes

Conditions may finally be right for badly needed reforms, says a former defense industrial-policy chief.

Defense acquisition, exports, and shipbuilding figure in trio of new executive orders

White House orders up plans and proposals for reducing costs and stimulating industrial base.

Will Space Force shift contracts to commercial? ‘Everything’s on the table,' official says

The service is considering lower-cost commercial options that can be delivered faster, if the mission allows it.

‘All hands on deck' moment in the US-China AI race: Pentagon's former digital chief

Cloud providers, infrastructure builders, and federal agencies—“all of these pieces need to work together in a coherent ecosystem,” Radha Plumb said.

US weapons support for Ukraine doesn’t compete with Taiwan goals: report

FDD authors say America can continue to arm three partners at once—if it rebuilds its factories.