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Defense Contracting
February 2023
JUST IN: Muddled Process Deterring Small Businesses from Defense Contracts, Study Shows
Small companies accounted for 23 percent of business conducted with the Defense Department in fiscal year 2022, but the relationship between the department and small firms is fragile, according to a recent industry report. -
Contracting
October 2022
What You Don't Know About Lobbying Does Hurt You
By Gene MoranThere are three categories of lobbying in the defense industry: those who lobby; those who lobby but don’t think they lobby; and those who have no real awareness of how lobbying could help them. -
Business Trends
August 2022
Court Protects Closely Guarded Vendor Lists
By David RikkersSuccessful companies are investing in efforts to create and maintain effective supply bases that best meet their needs, as well as replace suppliers that do not, creating benefits and reducing costs. -
Global Defense Market
July 2021
ITAR Compliance Crucial for Lower-Tier Suppliers
By Thomas B. McVeyCompanies that supply products and services that are used in the defense sector increasingly are being asked by their customers whether they are “ITAR compliant” and if they can document this. -
Business Trends
July 2021
Introducing the NDIA Business Institute
By Hawk CarlisleIn national defense, education and training play a key role in determining success or failure. The outcomes of battles and wars often hinge on critical pieces of information, who learns it, who learns it first, and who leverages it first to gain advantage. -
Defense Department
February 2021
Defense Industry Could See Another Wave of Mergers, Acquisitions
By Jon HarperThe defense industry could be on the cusp of further consolidation as contractors look to bolster their business portfolios and access to innovation through mergers and acquisitions, analysts say. -
Defense Contracting
April 2019
Survey: More Mergers, Acquisitions to Come
By Mandy MayfieldProfessionals in the aerospace, defense and government services sectors are optimistic about the overall economic growth happening within the mergers and acquisitions industry, a new survey found. -
Defense Contracting
May 2018
Strong Military Spending Propels Industry Mergers
By Vivienne MachiExpected boosts in defense spending are encouraging companies to broaden their portfolios through mergers and acquisitions to better provide high-end capabilities to the U.S. military, according to a recent report. -
Navy News
April 2018
Navy to Develop New Enterprise Business System Strategy
By Yasmin TadjdehThe Navy is planning to overhaul its business practices and develop a new enterprise business system strategy, said the service’s undersecretary April 11. -
Defense Department
March 2018
Export Control Reform at Risk of Reversals
A combination of a volatile White House, new leadership at the State Department and concerns in Congress that China is after the jewels of U.S. technology may reverse the last eight years of reforms to the U.S. export control regime.
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