Slapping ‘commercial’ on a contract does not make it so
A new Air Force sources sought notice on supporting nuclear missiles highlights gaps between rhetoric and reality. I have been around long enough to have seen many hot trends and buzzwords in the government market. In the 1990s, people talked endlessly about best value and performance-based contracting. The first decade of the 2000s was dominated by strategic sourcing […]
Two dozen corporate leadership moves to note as 2026 begins
Four chief executive transitions highlight our first listing of key executive promotions and hires here in this New Year. Aquia David Maskeroni, who co-founded the digital transformation specialist in 2021, is returning to the CEO position after previously working as its chief revenue officer since August 2024. Maskeroni became CRO at that time when Chris Hughes […]
Securing Golden Dome: tackling cyber vulnerabilities in a ‘system of systems’
Contractors must demonstrate how their solutions contribute to integrated domain awareness across the Pentagon’s most complex missile defense effort. Golden Dome intends to provide defense against ballistic, hypersonic, advanced cruise missiles, and other next-generation aerial attacks from peer, near-peer, and rogue adversaries. Adversaries willing to challenge the US, even in the face of Golden Dome’s capabilities, […]
Air Force consolidates some acquisition program offices into mission-focused groups
But many of the new “portfolio acquisition executives” were already leading multi-mission efforts. The Air Force is sweeping some of the offices that oversee its acquisition programs into groups with similar missions, part of an effort that aligns with—but also predates—recent acquisition-reform guidance issued by the defense secretary. On Thursday, service officials revealed the first five […]