How the Pentagon plans to help mitigate industry concerns over critical mineral EO
An executive order on sourcing critical minerals could shake up supply chains for industry.
Pentagon willing to work with industry over critical mineral EO concerns
A new executive order essentially gives companies until the start of 2027 to alter their supply of critical materials and minerals. Industry is worried that could be a difficult lift.
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Building the stand-off and stand-in weapons needed for the fight
Threats have changed the range, seeking and attack capabilities necessary to ensure effectiveness.
Industry lobbies to protect Commerce space office at risk of cuts
The Trump administration’s budget would dramatically shrink the Office of Space Commerce and cancel an effort to transition responsibilities for keeping tabs on civil satellites from the Pentagon to the Commerce Department.
DOD ‘Tiger Team’ releases raft of reforms aimed at speeding foreign arms sales
"We've heard fairly regularly from partners and allies that FMS can be a pain point for them," said Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Sasha Baker.
Under new US weapons sale rules, ‘security sector governance’ is king
Security sector governance “is incredibly important because, to me, security sector governance is the overlay for all of these issues,” Jessica Lewis, assistant secretary of state at the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, said at a Defense Writers Group breakfast.
Washington cannot allow inflation to weaken our security
"Just as there are no easy answers to curbing inflation, there are no quick fixes to help keep us safe. But there are some things we can do to ease the pain," writes Eric Fanning of AIA.
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Three exercises that proved a new approach to C-UAS
Architecture that linked sensors, C2, RF effects, and lasers into a distributed c-UAS kill chain.
China is incentivizing R&D investment. Why is America going in the opposite direction?
Eric Fanning, former Army secretary and current head of the Aerospace Industries Association, raises a red flag about a new tax law that could harm American R&D investment.
AIA: Hill, DoD Must Change Relations For Faster Space Acquisition
Since its creation last December, the U.S. Space Force has been charged with rapidly countering growing threats in an increasingly important domain. To successfully meet this mission, the service will have to adapt in a number of ways. One of the most vital tasks will be reforming an acquisition process ill-suited to protect against these […]
AIA To Hill: ‘China Doesn’t Shut Down;’ Avoid Another Continuing Resolution
We’ve seen the rise of continuing resolutions. Between fiscal 2010 and 2019, Congress should have enacted 120 appropriation bills by their yearly October deadline. They only finished seven – or about 6 percent.
Aerospace Sales To China Rise; Defense Exports To World Drop: AIA
A new Aerospace Industries Association study underlines international interdependence amidst today's trade wars.
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Biodefense is force protection: Ready today, prepared for tomorrow
A decorated combat aviator and biotech CEO advocates preparing for novel viral threats before the next crisis.
AIA’s Fanning On Trump’s Trade Wars, Allies & Arms Exports
"Some of the things the president is doing very forcefully to support American industry are good for American aerospace and defense. Other things could aggregate up second and third order effects in ways that create problems," said Eric Fanning, head of the Aerospace Industries Association.
As Pentagon Demands Cybersecurity, Industry Group Offers New Standards: AIA
As the DoD prepares to make cyber security a key pillar for what it buys -- and from whom -- a defense and aerospace trade group unveils a new standard that will allow companies, and the government, to see how secure contractors really are.
Defense Industry Pushes Back Against New Pentagon Rules
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is looking to get a tighter grip on how it pays large defense contractors, and has drawn up plans to cut up front costs while rewarding companies that hit their milestones on time. The defense industry, however, isn’t happy about it. Every major defense industry trade association voiced opposition to the […]
White House Industrial Base Study Focuses On Near-Term Fixes
These single points of failure already limit military modernization and potentially could disrupt operations in a crisis. That's especially true if production needed to ramp up urgently for a major war, a subject the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, has publicly angsted about.