UPDATED: DoD, Navy Trying to Keep Defense Industrial Base – and Workers – Healthy During COVID Pandemic
This post has been updated to include information from a press briefing by Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly…
Lockheed Martin, F-35 Joint Program Office Sign Multi-Lot Production Deal
Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office inked a long-awaited $34-billion deal to build the next three…
F-35 Program Facing Delays in Full-Rate Production, As DoD Struggles to Integrate Into Simulators
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is performing well in the real world, but challenges incorporating it into a Defense Department…
Pentagon Allowing Subsystems to Leverage Rapid Prototyping Authorities, Different Cyber Standards
THE PENTAGON – As the Defense Department continues its push to speed up and simplify acquisition, it’s doing so in…
Pentagon’s Investor-Industry Matchmaking Program Will Focus on Small UAS in First Event
THE PENTAGON – The Defense Department’s effort to connect sources of capital with small companies that need investment will begin…
Lockheed Martin Confident Other Customers Will Buy Turkey’s F-35s
Lockheed Martin is confident new customers will step forward to buy the F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters intended for…
Turkey Formally Dropped From F-35 Program; DoD Estimates $500M to Retool Supply Chain
THE PENTAGON – Turkey is being excised from the F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter program, and the U.S. will…
F-35 Program Leadership Changes as Turkey’s Future in Program Uncertain
THE PENTAGON – The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program’s civilian and military management are in the midst of…
Pentagon Seeking Potential Replacements for Turkish F-35 Parts
THE PENTAGON — The Defense Department is seeking alternate suppliers for parts of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter…
New Pentagon Initiatives Address Cybersecurity Challenges, Industrial Base Fragility
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Pentagon’s acquisition community is going after two major sources of risk within the industrial base: the…