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The White House and Department of Defense (DoD) have announced a series of new directives that will significantly impact the burgeoning domestic drone industry. This initiative, titled “Unleashing American Drone Dominance,”...more
Huntsville, Alabama hosted the 28th Annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium from August 5-7, 2025. This year’s theme was “Defending America at Home and Abroad.” Apart from the numerous exhibitors spanning all facets of the...more
PilieroMazza recently highlighted a Department of Defense (DOD) memo requiring DOD Components to adopt the Software Acquisition Pathway (SWP) as the preferred acquisition method for business and weapon system programs. The...more
The Rise of OTAs in Defense Contracting: Opportunities, Risks, and What Contractors Need to Know - As the Defense Department increasingly turns to Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements to streamline innovation and...more
The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) response to congressional inquiry regarding GAO’s bid protest function (Section 885 response), while pushing back against some proposed changes that could disincentive meritorious...more
Earlier this year, the Department of Defense (DoD) published an “Intellectual Property Guidebook for DoD Acquisition.” It is the culmination of many years of work and the most insightful data rights guidance out of the...more
On July 9, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) voted 26-1 to advance the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 to the Senate floor. The Senate version of the NDAA includes a comprehensive...more
On January 21, 2025, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued initial guidance to implement the Executive Order Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs. ...more
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), is cracking down on procurement fraud and contract fraud. It has recently issued multiple referrals for suspension or debarment, and it is targeting not only prime vendors, but...more
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani presents the latest insights from our Government Contracts group, offering a comprehensive overview of recent significant decisions, regulatory changes, and essential updates for businesses...more
The Department of Defense has initiated a far-reaching transformation of its civilian workforce through the Workforce Acceleration and Recapitalization Initiative, formalized in the Deputy Secretary of Defense memorandum...more
On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Reforming Foreign Defense Sales to Improve Speed and Accountability.” This EO aims to reform the foreign defense sales (FDS) system, which encompasses...more
On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (the Order) to streamline the defense acquisition process and workforce, and potentially eliminate defense programs that are over budget or behind schedule....more
On April 7, 2025, the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) announced a comprehensive reorganization plan aimed at consolidating its Region and Corporate Audit Directorates (CAD) into three primary Directorates in response to...more
The Trump administration recently announced three significant initiatives to reshape the federal procurement landscape. These include three new executive orders aimed at modernizing defense acquisitions, reforming foreign...more
On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled “Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base,” directing the Secretary of Defense to study and report on ways to...more
On April 9, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (“EO”) titled Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base. This EO seeks to overhaul many aspects of defense acquisition...more
On April 10, the Trump administration announced, through an executive order (EO), a new initiative to reform the defense sales system, with the goal of improving the speed and accountability of the system....more
Reform the foreign defense sales system by: (a) Improving accountability and transparency throughout the foreign defense sales system to ensure predictable and reliable delivery of American products to foreign partners in...more
On February 24, Judge Armando Bonilla of the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) declined to dismiss a challenge to a $648 million award under a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) development deal, finding that the court had...more
The incoming Trump administration has sent many signals that it intends to ramp up the Department of Defense’s use of nontraditional acquisition pathways to bridge the “Valley of Death” and bring innovative technologies to...more
The U.S. Department of State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has unveiled an ambitious regulatory agenda for 2025, with 14 planned actions that will significantly revise the International Traffic in Arms...more
In January, the Department of Defense (DoD) released its inaugural National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS), which seeks to “catalyze generational change” to the existing defense industrial ecosystem. This...more