defense industrial base

Industry chaos, congressional clampdowns and secret CCA contracts: 2025 review

I didn't include Taylor Swift song recommendations this time, but if you're asking me my favorite tune off "The Life of A Showgirl," it's "Ruin the Friendship."

GDIT chief Gilliland bets her humans will master artificial intelligence

“It's early days,” said Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology. “Right now, the battle that we are waging is education: It is about understanding what AI can do for you.”

J.P. Morgan eyeing both defense startups and legacy firms for $10B investment push: Execs

Under the bank's new Security and Resilience Initiative, executives told Breaking Defense one key priority is funding nuclear submarine construction.

US, Western allies should look to ‘friendshoring’ defense production in the Middle East: Report

"[T]here is a unique opportunity now to enhance the capacity of our partners in the Middle East, and thus our collective capacity as well," the report states.

Northrop Grumman offers made-in-USA microelectronics to partner firms

Northrop’s three government-certified semiconductor factories are now taking orders from other aerospace and defense firms, the company announced.

Manufacturing startup Hadrian to expand to Arizona, and into defense primes’ own factories

The company also announced a "factories-as-a-service" offering "primarily where the program itself is a real manufacturing challenge to scale up, [or] where there’s super scarce workforce needs,” said Hadrian founder and CEO Chris Power.

Trying to enter the defense industrial base? Here’s four steps to follow.

Commander Adam Stein, the Future Ships and Digital Transformation branch head for the Navy's Surface Warfare directorate, wants new entrants to help him out. Here's the best way for them to do that.

Iran may go after US defense firms with cyber attacks, warn Pentagon, Homeland Security

"We recognize this is a time of heightened risk,” Pentagon cyber official Katie Arrington told Breaking Defense. “DoD encourages the DIB [Defense Industry Base] to raise their cybersecurity posture.”

Nearly one in 10 ‘Tier 1’ subcontractors to defense primes are Chinese firms: Report

The new study of 2024 data also warns that the Pentagon remains over-reliant on a small number of traditional prime contractors and a supplier base rife with potential bottlenecks.

Tech bros to the rescue? Reagan Institute 2025 scorecard dings Pentagon on ‘scaling’ innovation

The Pentagon has made real progress in reaching beyond its historical contractors to “maturing defense startups,” the Ronald Reagan Institute said, but much work is needed.