In the rush to buy drones, make sure not to stockpile obsolescence
In this op-ed, the commander of the DCMA’s Unmanned Systems – Experimental Command (US-X) warns that unit cost can't be the driver when looking at small drones.
Masiello takes over as new F-35 program lead
Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Greg Masiello will now head the massive F-35 enterprise as outgoing program chief Air Force Lt. Gen. Mike Schmidt retires.
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If software and agentic AI are key to mission success, accelerate them to the front lines
A commercial prototype in a sandbox is different from deploying AI across classified networks.
Pentagon shifts control of Blue UAS List to DCMA in effort to scale secure drone fleet
Though there’s a change of command, DIU will maintain involvement with the DCMA to “inform and align vendors on evolving Blue List expectations."
DCMA builds ‘information dictionary’ to decode DoD acronyms, key terms
So far, the tool has been used by DCMA employees over 400 times in the past month.
Roper Warns Boeing On Tankers After Walking KC-46 Line
The Air Force is once again accepting deliveries of the troubled tankers -- but the service's acquisition chief warned Boeing must get its act in order ASAP.
DoD Is Buying Fewer, Yes, Fewer Commercial Items. Oops!
WASHINGTON: If there’s been one constant in the acquisition reform debate of the last two decades, it’s been that the Pentagon should buy more commercial items in a commercial fashion, and do it quickly and cheaply. Now, nobody argued that you could buy F-35s or ships that way, but as competitors such as China and […]
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