Defense Business Alert

The Pentagon's new industrial base review, spurred by an executive order, is on track to be delivered in April, the chief of the Defense Department's manufacturing and industrial base policy office said today.

The Pentagon's top acquisition official is seeking the help of the Defense Science Board as the Defense Department undertakes a new study of the defense industrial base.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) took to the Senate floor Wednesday to criticize Pentagon officials with defense industry backgrounds, specifically targeting a former Lockheed Martin executive tapped for a senior Defense Department post.

Congress may have aimed in the wrong direction with a new provision intended to reform the way the Pentagon handles contractors' bid protests, according to a new study RAND Corp. recently delivered to Capitol Hill.

The leaders of several government services contractors, including CACI International, CSRA and ManTech International, have started meeting regularly to draw attention to areas of shared concern.

Contractors and industry observers say they expect mergers and acquisitions to continue and even potentially accelerate in 2018.

The Air Force's new mechanism to prototype space capabilities may be more popular than anticipated, prompting the service to consider what to do if the program hits its $100 million project ceiling before the end of its initial five-year term.

The chief executive of CACI International has tasked one of his top executives with putting together a five-year growth strategy that, so far, includes plans to introduce a new product.

The head of Army Materiel Command has directed a review of the six strategic sourcing contracts under his authority to assess whether the contract requirements were defined correctly and whether the most effective vehicle was used.