Agencies told to assess if they can end contracts for drones built by foreign adversaries

"The role of the service acquisition executive is now different," says the departing assistant Air Force secretary of acquisition, technology and logistics.

GSA is removing all drones not cleared by the Defense Innovation Unit, limiting agencies to five options for small devices and amending 20 MAS contracts.

In what was likely her last press conferences at DOD, Ellen Lord announced the creation of the Trusted Capitol Digital Marketplace.

The Vendor Risk Assessment Program will focus on foreign influence, cyber risk and company vulnerability.

The number of bid protests was down by 2% according to the office's annual report to Congress.

The Air Force awarded 17 contracts totaling more than a million dollars in new funding for the emerging technology.

During a time when many other large programs were slowed to a halt because of the pandemic, CMMC went from "zero to sixty."

Here is what the military did to finally get small drones in its arsenal, bringing it one step closer to the future of networked warfare.

The idea behind the consortium is that the money will get to companies and academic partners faster than the DOD could do on its own.

Experts are hopeful Congress' recent interest in the EIS transition could give agencies a new urgency to move to the contract and reap the cost-savings benefits.