Executive Gov Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics and three-time Wash100 Award recipient, said prime contractors' acquisition of middle-tier companies has shrunk the industrial base. The Department of Defense (DoD) now sees the industrial base as more generalized than specialized, as major contractors secure awards for almost every program.
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Will Roper: Prime Contractors Acquiring Smaller Companies Limit Industrial Base
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NSA Releases Guidance on ‘DNS Over HTTPS’ Cybersecurity Approach
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CISA Establishes Cybersecurity Risk Mitigation Venture
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NASA Taps Poland to Build Instrument for Interstellar Research Program
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Unmanned Vessel Demos Autonomous Performance for DoD, U.S. Navy; SCO Director Jay Dryer Quoted
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Will Roper: Air Force Should ‘Hack’ Federal Acquisition System
Will Roper, assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics at the U.S. Air Force and a three-time Wash100 Award winner, said he believes the service must hack the federal procurement system to be relevant. Roper said he is working with financial management offices and the general counsel on a new memo .
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Jose Arrieta: HHS Needs to Prepare Acquisition Workforce for New Business Strategies
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Kronos Acquires Optimum Solutions; Bob Hughes Quoted
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By Light to Acquire Cole Engineering Services; Bob Donahue Quoted
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Accenture Acquires Pragsis Bidoop to Boost AI, Big Data Portfolio; Athina Kanioura Quoted
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DoD Releases Guide on Mission Engineering; Stephanie Possehl Quoted
The Department of Defense (DoD) has published a document designed to guide industry partners in mission engineering activities. The DoD Mission Engineering Guide would help companies and military entities coordinate with each other in pursuit of ME efforts. The guide offers a set of tools and depicts result scenarios to inform ME personnel as they develop technologies.
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DoDIN Joint HQ Sets Framework for Information Access, Operations; Brig. Gen. Paul Fredenburgh Quoted
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U.S.-Australia Partnership Aims to Bolster Cyber Defense of Both Countries
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FY2021 NDAA Directs DoD to Brief Congress on CJADC2 Progress, Resource Allocations
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DoD Improves Command-Centric Operational Framework; Paul Fredenburgh Quoted