For Carlos Del Toro, the delays in the U.S. Navy’s shipbuilding programs can fundamentally be attributed to manpower issues. The secretary of the Navy and 2024 Wash100 winner told lawmakers during a
MoreThe Naval Surface Force within the U.S. Pacific Fleet has launched Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron, or USVRON, Three. Led by Capt. Derek Rader, the new squadron will manage a fleet of small, unmanned surface
MoreIron Bow has tapped Curtiss-Wright to deliver encrypted tactical networking technology to the U.S. Air Force to help the service branch optimize and enhance its deployable communications. Curtiss-Wright will equip the Air
MoreAccording to U.S. Space Force Col. Richard Kniseley, the Commercial Space Office is working to release the first contracts for the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve by the end of the year, Breaking
MoreThe U.S. Army’s organic industrial base is advancing transformation efforts through the military branch’s OIB Modernization Implementation Plan with more than $18 billion in investments over 15 years, the service branch reported
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The Pentagon is prioritizing partnerships with allies to fortify the defense industrial base, according to Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante, a 2024 Wash100 Award recipient. Testifying before the Senate Appropriations
MoreThe U.S. Air Force has selected six bases to house air task forces as part of an initiative that seeks to test a new approach to prepare airmen for combat, Air Force
MoreThe U.S. Department of Defense has issued funds to two Canadian companies – Fortune Minerals Limited and Lomiko Metals – to help build resilience in the cobalt and graphite supply chains. Funded activities will
MoreThe Department of Defense has unveiled a new framework to facilitate collaboration with U.S. allies and international defense industrial base partners to establish a distributed ecosystem of maintenance, repair and overhaul capabilities.
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The U.S. Army is soliciting proposals for four contract opportunities under its Small Business Innovation Research Program, a.k.a. SBIR, to develop logistics and sensor technologies for military applications. The SBIR solicitations focus
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