Army News
10/5/2022
After years of work to make the Army’s mobile command posts more survivable, service leaders say they are on track to field two major updates to their systems during fiscal year 2023. Army lead…
Space
10/4/2022
ARLINGTON, Virginia — A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s program developing optical communications terminals that can link non-standardized systems has entered its next phase, a…
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
10/4/2022
NOVI, Michigan — The auto racing industry and the Army have more than a few things in common. The mission is to win, the quest for cutting-edge technology never ends and the tech workforce is cr…
Defense Contracting
10/3/2022
The Defense Department on Aug. 25 published — with immediate effect — two new Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement clauses requiring prime contractors and subcontractors to di…
Defense Department
10/3/2022
As my second tour as the National Defense Industrial Association’s chairman of the board comes to an end, I would like to take a moment to reflect on the progress we’ve made together along…
Armaments
10/3/2022
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — It is notoriously hard to shoot down small drones using small arms and regular bullets, but new ammo for a chain gun gives users a better chance of destroying them in mid-…
Cybersecurity
10/3/2022
Government agencies and businesses around the world are moving rapidly to adopt the cybersecurity practice zero trust, a change from just a few years ago, according to a new report. Information techn…
Manufacturing
9/30/2022
Onshoring talent will play a vital role in the Biden administration’s efforts to revitalize U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, a White House official said. The CHIPS and Science Act, signed into…
9/30/2022
For Immediate Release NDIA Board Chair Welcomes Addition of New of National Security Leaders to NDIA Board and Executive Committee ARLINGTON, VA –NDIA Board Chair Maj Gen Arnold L. Punaro,…
Manufacturing
9/30/2022
High-ranking U.S. officials and corporate executives have sounded the alarm bells for years: U.S. national security is at risk due to our military’s reliance on foreign nations for raw materials…
Maritime Security
9/29/2022
ABOARD THE HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH — The Royal Navy’s First Sea Lord Adm. Ben Key said revelations that the United States and the United Kingdom may not have the shipyard capacity to help…
Robotics
9/29/2022
ARLINGTON, Virginia — Two companies are teaming up to create technologies for the U.S. military’s anticipated fleet of unmanned vessels. Fairbanks Morse Defense has entered an agreement w…
International
9/29/2022
ABOARD THE HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH — The trilateral agreement that will bring U.S. and U.K. know-how to help Australia field nuclear-powered submarines will be a big, fat target for cyber spies…
9/29/2022
ARLINGTON, VA – NDIA Board Chair Maj Gen Arnold L. Punaro, USMC (Ret.) announced today that the NDIA board has elected the Hon. Michael Bayer, president and CEO of Dumbarton Strategies, LLC, as …
Small Business
9/29/2022
ARLINGTON, VA – The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) applauds the overwhelming bipartisan passage of S.4900, the “SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022,” a three-year rea…
Army News
9/28/2022
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — The Army will test a prototype technology that integrates communication, navigation and surveillance capabilities for its aircraft at its upcoming annual experimentati…
Electronics
9/28/2022
Semiconductors have always been in widespread use across the nation, but with the Pentagon’s increasing use of more advanced systems and tensions in East Asia, shoring up the supply chain is mor…
9/27/2022
The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) and the Institute for Defense and Business (IDB) are excited to announce the establishment of a Strategic Alliance to further accelerate the NDIA Bus…
Energy
9/27/2022
FRIDLEY, Minnesota — One of the Army’s modernization goals is to install a microgrid on each of its installations by 2035. Cummins, a longtime supplier of generators to the U.S. military, …
Budget
9/26/2022
As the saying goes, the only certainties in life are death and taxes. Well, another certainty is Oct. 1. The day occurs the same time every year, predictably after Sept. 30 and before Oct. 2. Despite…
Army News
9/23/2022
NOVI, Michigan — Whether it is through new offices, contracting methods or digital prototyping, the Army is trying to speed up the development and deployment of new vehicle technologies. A team …
Missile Defense
9/23/2022
Threats that can’t be seen can’t easily be defeated — and if that threat is traveling at Mach 5, there are only minutes to make a decision. Competitors already have operational hype…
Global Defense Market
9/22/2022
AUSTIN, Texas — Inflation, rising interest rates, the war in Ukraine, China’s assertiveness and COVID-19 are all variables that have Wall Street closely watching the defense sector and gen…
Air Force News
9/21/2022
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — With its fighter squadron capacity dwindling since Operation Desert Storm, the Air Force must advance the development of unmanned aircraft that can fill the gap, the …
