Acquisition

Thrift Savings Plan participants sue over access to funds

The TSP, which has some $800 billion in assets, announced a year ago that it was standing up a new system to improve customer service.

4 days ago

The US must maximize F-35 production

Amid increasing international demand for the warplanes, the Pentagon isn't buying enough of them, argues a former U.S. top NATO commander in Europe.

13 days ago

An F-35A Lightning II assigned to Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., prepares to be refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 161st Air Refueling Wing during a local sortie, Sept. 16, 2022. (Staff Sgt. James A. Richardson Jr./Air Force)

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US Air Force wants to avoid F-35 mistakes on sixth-gen fighter

The Air Force plans to award a contract to a vendor to build its Next Generation Air Dominance fighter in 2024.

The Defense Department is finally getting workforce development right

To ensure the success of budding workforce initiatives, we must avoid burdening them with well-intentioned but overreaching bureaucracy.

3 weeks ago

This SOCOM program has cut proposal to prototype timelines by half

New funding mechanisms, a nonprofit and "Tech Tuesdays" helped the command find new industry partners and deliver prototypes faster.

4 weeks ago

How agencies could utilize $12.7 billion budgeted for cybersecurity

Having centralized secrets management is core to building a zero trust environment.

5 weeks ago

Is ‘memory safety’ the killer use case for SBOMs?

The federal government — the country’s largest purchaser of software — will be using SBOMs to instruct security compliance for procurement.

5 weeks ago

Congress solved acquisition reform. Now we must fix incentives.

The real valley of death is not funding; it’s transitioning.

6 weeks ago

What’s the real value of the US Defense Department audit?

The eventual passing grade is actually secondary to the kind of progress driven by the audit.

6 weeks ago

US Army preps mission tech for future helicopter, despite engine delay

Problems with a next-generation engine program delayed prototype flights by roughly a year, but the Army isn't resting while it waits.

6 weeks ago

TriWest Healthcare’s $65 billion contract clears protest hurdle

The timeline for the new Tricare contracts to take effect is August 2024, for now.

7 weeks ago

Senator demands DEA boss explain no-bid contracts, hires

Milgram’s boosters inside and outside the agency have defended her actions as part of an ongoing effort to clean house.

7 weeks ago

The US military must move beyond defense-reform theater

Zealous reformers continue to over-focus on weapons buys when hardware is increasingly the commodity.

7 weeks ago

A SpaceX rocket exploded. Here’s why the Space Force remains hopeful.

Rockets like Starship could have significant implications for how the Space Force and commercial industry transport cargo and people around the globe.

7 weeks ago

White House names pick for key Pentagon acquisition post

The nomination could be delayed by political fights on Capitol Hill unrelated to the post.

7 weeks ago

DEA chief faces probe into ‘swampy’ hires, no-bid contracts

Among the spending under scrutiny is $4.7 million for “strategic planning and communication” and other contracts used to hire people Milgram knew.

7 weeks ago

Logan airport’s advanced X-ray tech allows 3-D searches by TSA workers

TSA is testing the technology through May, and the main goal is to collect enough data from roughly 10,000 bag scans.

7 weeks ago

US has planes, boats on call for emergencies, why not satellites?

The Space Force is in the early phases of designing a Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve to provide services in a time of conflict or crisis.

8 weeks ago

Guided-missile cruiser Chancellorsville conducts routine underway operations in the South China Sea, Nov. 29, 2022.

Sea power is essential to countering communist China

China is on a fast track to displace America as the world’s dominant naval power.

8 weeks ago

Get the latest federal acquisition news, including new RFIs and solicitations, opportunities, policies and trends.

The TSP, which has some $800 billion in assets, announced a year ago that it was standing up a new system to improve customer service.

Amid increasing international demand for the warplanes, the Pentagon isn't buying enough of them, argues a former U.S. top NATO commander in Europe.

The Air Force plans to award a contract to a vendor to build its Next Generation Air Dominance fighter in 2024.

To ensure the success of budding workforce initiatives, we must avoid burdening them with well-intentioned but overreaching bureaucracy.

New funding mechanisms, a nonprofit and "Tech Tuesdays" helped the command find new industry partners and deliver prototypes faster.

Having centralized secrets management is core to building a zero trust environment.

The federal government — the country’s largest purchaser of software — will be using SBOMs to instruct security compliance for procurement.

The real valley of death is not funding; it’s transitioning.

The eventual passing grade is actually secondary to the kind of progress driven by the audit.

Problems with a next-generation engine program delayed prototype flights by roughly a year, but the Army isn't resting while it waits.

The timeline for the new Tricare contracts to take effect is August 2024, for now.

Milgram’s boosters inside and outside the agency have defended her actions as part of an ongoing effort to clean house.

Zealous reformers continue to over-focus on weapons buys when hardware is increasingly the commodity.

Rockets like Starship could have significant implications for how the Space Force and commercial industry transport cargo and people around the globe.

The nomination could be delayed by political fights on Capitol Hill unrelated to the post.

Among the spending under scrutiny is $4.7 million for “strategic planning and communication” and other contracts used to hire people Milgram knew.

TSA is testing the technology through May, and the main goal is to collect enough data from roughly 10,000 bag scans.

The Space Force is in the early phases of designing a Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve to provide services in a time of conflict or crisis.

China is on a fast track to displace America as the world’s dominant naval power.