The Department of Defense introduced a strategy last week to provide sustainable living facilities that improve quality of life for service members and their families. The Resilient and Healthy Defense Communities Strategy
MoreThe Department of Defense has released the list of DOD installations and National Guard facilities where interim actions to expedite the cleanup of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, are
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The Department of Defense is inviting potential vendors to submit white papers for a bioindustrial manufacturing funding opportunity. The Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Investment Program will leverage the Defense Industrial Base Consortium Other
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The Department of Defense has issued a new strategy that seeks to guide DOD’s policy development, engagement and investment in the defense industrial base in the next three to five years. DOD
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The U.S. industrial base’s response to the Ukraine conflict “has been truly historic,” according to William LaPlante, under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment and a two-time Wash100 Award winner. In total, the Department
MoreWilliam LaPlante, under secretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense, said DOD is pushing to get the Standard Missile-6, Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile, Patriot Advanced Capability-3 and other munitions and
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The Department of Defense has awarded six grants worth about $30 million combined through the Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program to help strengthen the U.S. national security innovation base. The DMCSP funding
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William LaPlante, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said the current manufacturing rate for 155mm artillery rounds stands at 28,000 shells a month and is on schedule to hit at least
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The Department of Defense and its contractors are turning to international manufacturing lines to increase weapons and ammunition stockpiles amid the Ukraine war and potential conflict with China, The Wall Street Journal
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The Department of Defense has released its review of the biological threat landscape outlining key reforms to strengthen the U.S. military’s biodefense posture over the next decade. The Biodefense Posture Review aims
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