By: Margaret M. Cassidy & Andrew Swick 1. Overview The Department of Defense (DoD) and Anthropic demonstrated what a battle contract negotiations can be. Negotiations between the two blew up in a spectacular way on February 27, 2026, when Secretary of Defense Hegseth publicly labeled Anthropic a supply‑chain risk and...
By: Margaret M. Cassidy & Andrew Swick 1. Overview The Department of Defense (DoD) and Anthropic demonstrated what a battle contract negotiations can be. Negotiations between the two blew up in a spectacular way on February 27, 2026, when Secretary of Defense Hegseth publicly labeled Anthropic a supply‑chain risk and...
Businesses new to federal government contracting understand that the government requires some type of background check on its leaders or others in the business. Beyond that, their understanding gets a bit murky. As a result, those new to federal government contracting worry about what will bubble up during the required...
In a year that saw executive orders coming out rapid fire, a FAR revolution and a government shutdown, there is some good news. A Pentagon memo from earlier this year titled Directing Modern Software Acquisition to Maximize Lethality may simplify and expedite the process for companies to have the Department...
We are going to unpack some parts of the FY26 NDAA most relevant to defense contractors and their advisors. This installment covers Industrial Base Investment and Opportunities, organized into five subcategories: Industrial Base Fund & capacity investments; Domestic sUAS and IndoPacific cooperation; Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) and centralized acquisition; Requirements...
Recently I was in a meeting with ten other people and we were trying to resolve a risky business situation that had legal and financial implications for the company. Discussing risky business situations with this group of folks was nothing new. In fact, we were having the same conversation over...
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