Reforming the Federal Contracts and Grants System
Federal AI Preemption Takes Center Stage: Key Deadlines, Strategic Risks, and Opportunities Under Trump’s Latest Executive Orders
Womble Bond Dickinson - On December 11, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the landmark Ensuring A National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence Executive Order,...
Fallout from DOGE Cuts: How Defunding Derailed a Federal Microgrant Strategy
Government Executive - The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has left Washington. While its stated mission was to enhance government efficiency and accountability, the...
The Additive Manufacturing Mirage in Defense
War on the Rocks - The Pentagon has poured unprecedented funds into additive manufacturing as a potential game-changer for defense production. For example, in...
Warfighting at Warp Speed: Tracking the 2026 NDAA and DOW’s Acquisition Overhaul
PilieroMazza - Last month, PilieroMazza explained the Department of War’s (DOW) Acquisition Overhaul and why defense contractors need to stay informed, as understanding how...
Unpacking the Pentagon’s New Requirements Memo
National Defense Magazine - The Defense Department on Aug. 20 issued a sweeping memorandum that overhauls how the military decides what weapons and systems...
The Drumbeat of Progress: DOD’s Acquisition Transformation Strategy
McCarter & English - Drumroll, please. On November 7, 2025, the Department of Defense (DoD) released three memoranda signaling changes to its approach to...
Leveraging the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul
Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement - A new era begins for the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) as agencies and departments continue to...
Why Acquisition Reform in the Department of Defense Keeps Slipping Backward, and Why the Pattern Never Seems to Change
Savarinth Kong - When Secretary Pete Hegseth stepped to the podium earlier this year and laid out his vision for a sweeping overhaul of...
Decades of Lost Potential in Defense Research and Development
War on the Rocks - America’s greatest national security threat is an enemy born from and nurtured by the Pentagon: crippling bureaucracy. It starves...
FAR 2.0 Update: Part 15 – Contracting By Negotiation
Koprince McCall Pottroff - As most federal contractors have heard, the Federal Acquisition Regulation is undergoing a major overhaul. FAR 2.0, commonly referred to...
From DAS to WAS: Secretary Hegseth’s Acquisition Overhaul and What It Means for Industry
Covington & Burling - On November 7, 2025, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth used a speech at the National War College to unveil a...
To Rebuild America’s Defense Industry, Unleash Private Capital
Defense One - Our defense industrial base is under strain—munitions stockpiles are low, supply chains are brittle, and outdated regulations are slowing down private...
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