Navy

When the door from government-to-industry leads to a brick wall

A high-level military official negotiates with a contractor, leaves the government, and joins the contractor. Is it a conflict of interest? Depends.

Contracting

Welcome to the 2% year: Not as much for fewer people

Federal Report

3D printing might be saving naval manufacturing

Commentary

Beyond metrics: Defining success in cloud migration and AI integration

Federal Insights

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2019 file photo, the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG-82) moors at Fort Trumbull State Park in New London, Conn. The Navy is proposing construction cutbacks and accelerated ship retirements that would delay, or sink, the Navy’s goal of a larger fleet — and potentially hurt shipyards, according to an initial proposal. The proposal would shrink the size of the fleet from today’s level of 293 ships to 287 ships, a far cry from the official goal of 355 ships established in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP, File)

Navy shipbuilding has an uncertain future…and budget

Defense

U.S. Navy/Rick Naystatt

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (March 10, 2009) Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Ryan Allshouse uses the intrusion detection system to monitor unclassified network activity from the automated data processing workspace aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). IDS is part of the integrated shipboard network system and serves as an important computer network defense enabler protecting the unclassified shipboard network from cyber attack. (U.S. Navy photo by Rick Naystatt/Released)

Navy’s PEO-Digital turns to SBIRs for the first time

Navy

Facebook

Crew on board the USS George Washington aircraft carrier.

A former submarine skipper on how to make the transition to post-military success

Workforce

A messy dispute caught one company for millions of dollars of government refund demands

Contracting

How becoming ‘data ready’ can enable agencies to fully realize the value of analytics

Commentary

Black sailors discharged for ‘bad conduct’ receive official stamp of approval

Federal Newscast

Digital engineering comes of age at DoD

Federal Insights

DoD Cloud Exchange 2023: Army, Navy execs share how cloud has made business systems more agile

Improving Defense business systems though cloud technologies is a big goal for DoD, but it’s not as though the concept is unproven. Here’s what two…

Defense

Navy Office of Small Business Programs hits the street to try and increase 8(a) awards

After a year where it fell short of its goals, the Navy Office of Small Business Programs wants companies with 8(a) designations to get more involved in…

Contracts/Awards

Strategic approaches to modernizing DoD warehouse operations

Federal Insights

Learn how initiatives in the Air Force, Defense Logistics Agency and Navy are reinventing warehouse operations so that DoD teams can gain end-to-end visibility across their inventories, facilities and even people. Download our exclusive ebook.