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USMC Veteran | With ten years in the military and over a decade in the corporate and defense industry | Writes about Military and defense news & history.
150 aircraft are under contract. The Air Force wants up to 2,000. Ten months to get into the second round.
Sep 1, 2026
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6 min read
Plus the 20 hulls that did get money, and our shutdown call for October 1.
Aug 27, 2026
5 min read
Plus we grade a miss, and DISA's JWCC successor finally has a shape.
Aug 25, 2026
A shipbuilder wrote off A$175M after the government declined to accelerate contract relief. Three days later, a Korean buyer offered up to $1.2B for the yard. Both dockets close tomorrow at noon.
Aug 13, 2026
Agency heads owed a review of their ten largest non-fixed-price contracts by July 29. The results went to OMB and stopped there. Two dockets close Friday.
Aug 11, 2026
7 min read
♠️ A new executive order starts rulemaking that would make contractors chart their critical suppliers. Plus the reconciliation bill behind the drone money is shrinking.
Jul 23, 2026
♠️ The Pentagon signed three companies to build cheap cruise missiles at volume. Read it beside last week's drone buys, and the pattern looks like policy.
Jul 21, 2026
4 min read
The certification your company budgeted for is shelved. The standard behind it remains enforceable, and four deadlines fall next week.
Jul 16, 2026
Non-fixed-price work needs a justification starting July 15, even on some existing contracts.
Jul 14, 2026
The FY27 NDAA compliance list is taking shape. Plus your poll results and a Friday due date reminder.
Jul 9, 2026
GAO's annual weapons assessment names the exposed programs. Plus, the Drone Czar memo is public, and it goes further than announced.
Jul 7, 2026
Hegseth centralizes unmanned programs while recent strikes in the Strait show why speed matters now.
Jul 2, 2026
Defense industrial base ramps up after Iran drawdowns, plus autonomy gains momentum in Europe.
Jun 18, 2026
3 min read
Drone programs, industrial base investments, and procurement priorities all point toward a common theme.
Jun 11, 2026
Ongoing tensions in the Middle East continue to influence how countries spend on defense, set procurement priorities, and compete to build their military forces.
Jun 9, 2026
The next battle for defense dominance may be won on factory floors, not battlefields.
Jun 4, 2026
Autonomous maritime systems are rapidly shifting from trial phases to actual integration and procurement.
Jun 2, 2026
The Pentagon is accelerating toward affordable mass, faster procurement, and industrial-scale munition production as budget pressure and sustained conflict begin reshaping defense priorities.
May 14, 2026
Cheap systems are forcing expensive decisions
May 5, 2026
2 min read
Traditional airpower remains important even as autonomous technology advances quickly.
Apr 21, 2026
$1.5T resets defense spending and contract flow
Apr 16, 2026
The Pentagon shifts from precision to scale as attritable systems move into production.
Apr 14, 2026
10 min read
Operational demand is forcing new trade-offs across funding, production, and force posture.
Mar 31, 2026
8 min read
The Army opens drone procurement while production scales toward mass deployment.
Mar 26, 2026
What Hormuz is revealing about logistics, munitions, and demand
Mar 24, 2026
