Defense Watch

DPA Funds. The Pentagon has announced three new Defense Production Act Title III actions, totaling $77.3 million, aimed at supporting the aviation, rare earth materials, and electronics industries. eMagin Corp. […]

Cyber Successes. The sharing of information about cyber security threats is showing success among various sectors of the U.S. economy, according to a new paper by faculty at the Univ. […]

Add Two. In addition to Leidos, which last week said it is a recipient on Customs and Border Protection’s potential $379 million multiple-award contract to supply high-energy rail inspection systems […]

Telework Forever! A strong majority, 81 percent, of Defense Department information technology and program managers surveyed want the department to allow more frequent use of teleworking even after the ongoing […]

Taiclet’s Focus. New Lockheed Martin President and CEO Jim Taiclet will be pursuing four primary missions, which include leading the defense industry with the best technology, developing an innovation culture […]

Air Force Acquisition. As of Friday, all of the Air Force’s major acquisition programs were expected to proceed on schedule even as the U.S. military has had to adapt to […]

Philosophical Differences. Nikki Haley resigned from Boeing’s board of directors on March 16, saying she can’t support the company’s request to the federal government for a bailout amid the COVID-19 […]

Ford Elevators. Last week Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly said seven of the 11 planned Advanced Weapons Elevators (AWEs) on the USS Gerald R. Ford will be certified […]

Antarctic Break Out. The Coast Guard’s lone heavy polar icebreaker, the Polar Star, arrived at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on Jan. 22 in support of Operation Deep Freeze, the annual joint […]

NASA Bids. A Dynetics-led team that includes Sierra Nevada Corp. has bid on NASA’s Human Landing System program, SNC officials said in a Thursday media call. The program would develop […]