The company spent 15 months redesigning and building a robot wingman after losing its initial bid for the U.S. Air Force’s collaborative combat aircraft program.
Appropriators and other lawmakers have pushed for the Navy’s next-gen fighter, but the latest NDAA offers only enough to keep the nascent program warm.
The Missile Defense Agency is making staggered awards for the SHIELD contract as it works through 2,463 proposals with more winners and likely protests to come.
The Pentagon's leader for industrial policy says the acquisition regulation overhaul will create openings for artificial intelligence-enabled service models and drive a move away from traditional contracts.
Incumbent KBR successfully challenged the award to Ascend Aerospace & Technology, prompting the agency to review its evaluation and best-value determination.
The centralization of the ICBM, B-21, F-47, and Air Force One programs appears at odds with the Pentagon’s professed acquisition approach, one expert said.
Speaking Tuesday at an event hosted by our Defense One colleagues, a panel of industry executives highlight tradeoffs the Pentagon and companies have to think through under that new construct.