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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
March 2018
Getting ‘Left of Boom’ on Sexual Misconduct
By Rachel A. McCaffreyThe defense community must tackle the threats sexual assault and harassment pose in the same way it attacked the threats posed by improvised explosive devices, by targeting the threat prior to an explosion. We need to get left of boom. -
December 2017
Businesses Ill Prepared For Rise in Cyber Attacks
By Vivienne MachiDespite the increasing awareness of cybersecurity threats and the proliferation of malware, many companies remain unprepared to deal with such an intrusion, information technology leaders said. -
December 2017
Analysts Explore Aircraft Carrier Alternatives
By Jon HarperThe Pentagon could save money by jettisoning plans for future Ford-class aircraft carriers and pursuing alternatives. But doing so would require capability tradeoffs and a reconsideration of operating concepts, analysts said.