DoD ManTech News

June 21, 2021

DOD Budget Request Focused on Innovations for Warfighter, Hicks Says

The fiscal year 2022 budget request reflect the pacing threat from China, as well as threats from Russia, North Korea, Iran, transnational challenges and climate change, to name a few, the deputy defense secretary said.

June 17, 2021

Fiscal 2022 DOD Budget Request Looks to Future Preparedness

The fiscal 2022 president's defense request begins the shift of monies to the future with record research and development spending in cutting edge technologies, defense leaders told the Senate Appropriations Committee.

June 16, 2021

Official Details DOD Missile Defense Strategy

The Defense Department will review its missile defense policies, strategies and capabilities to ensure the U.S. has effective missile defenses, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy said.

June 15, 2021

Former DLA Troop Support commander garners Hall of Fame induction

Army Lt. Gen. Raymond Mason's cost-saving accomplishments as former commander of the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia have earned him a place in the 2020 DLA Hall of Fame.

June 9, 2021

Official Says DOD on Track to Accelerate Delivery of Hypersonic Weapons

Hypersonics is a key element of the Defense Department's modernization activity, delivering high-speed, long-range lethal effects that can take out high-priority targets on the battlefield, a key Defense Department official said.

June 8, 2021

Hicks Provides Overview of DOD Priorities

The fiscal year 2022 defense budget request is aligned to the National Security Strategy and the National Defense Strategy and is guided by the Defense Department's priorities, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks said.

June 4, 2021

DOD Looking for Advanced Command, Control Solution

The Joint All-Domain Command and Control's strategy provides the governance and framework necessary to enable rapid integration of artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics and other emerging technologies, the chief information officer for the Joint Staff said. 

June 3, 2021

Army Reserve Soldier targets industrial base risks

From March 19 to April 1, Army Reservist Lt. Col. Jason Miller created and implemented a project to show the interdependencies in the industrial base for the seven major vehicle systems covered by DCMA Detroit.

June 1, 2021

Memo Outlines DOD Plans for Responsible Artificial Intelligence

From the battlefield to the back office, artificial intelligence has the potential to transform how the Defense Department does business, and ensuring that AI is developed, procured and used responsibly is a top priority for department leaders.

May 28, 2021

DOD Budget Request Boosts Research, Nuclear Modernization and Includes 2.7% Pay Raise

The fiscal year 2022 Defense Department budget request includes the largest-ever research, development, test and evaluation request — $112 billion, which is a 5.1% increase over fiscal 2021.

May 27, 2021

Austin, Milley: President's FY22 Budget Request Sufficient for Defense Mission

Defense Department leaders believe the president's expected budget is ample to accomplish things the department wants to do in the coming year.

May 14, 2021

Acquisition Reform Is Making Rapid Progress, Defense Official Says

To defend the nation, we must reform the Defense Department and work more effectively with allies and partners, a DOD official said.

May 7, 2021

Industry association leaders get 2020 Supplier Survey results, new DLA Strategic Plan details

The Defense Logistics Agency is upping its game in how it understands industry and leverages data to improve processes, the DLA vice director told leaders of 13 industry associations in a May 5 webinar that also focused on 2020 Supplier Survey results and demand projections.  

May 5, 2021

Artificial Intelligence Systems Integration Support Innovative Technology at NSWCDD

Artificial intelligence (AI) is often thought of as a futuristic technology and depicted as a

May 3, 2021

Defense Official Says Hypersonics Are Vital to Modernization Strategy, Battlefield Dominance

Hypersonic systems are among the highest priorities in the Defense Department's modernization strategy to ensure continued U.S. battlefield dominance.

April 9, 2021

Artificial Intelligence Key to Maintaining Military, Economic Advantages, Leaders Say

Officials discussed the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence's recent report and the progress for the adoption and implementation of AI across the Defense Department.

April 5, 2021

DIA’s “MARS” Initiative Reaches Another Key Milestone

The Defense Intelligence Agency announced today another breakthrough in the agency’s “MARS” effort to provide U.S. military planners, senior U.S. leaders and warfighters with strategic advantage.

April 1, 2021

Exercise Reveals Advantages Artificial Intelligence Gives in All-Domain Ops

A global information dominance exercise showed the tremendous advantages the Defense Department would realize by applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to all-domain information, Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck said.

ATLANTA April 1, 2021

Atlanta provides support at Warp Speed

DCMA Atlanta’s Contracts team partnered with the agency’s Cost and Pricing Regional Command Specialty Pricing Team and the DCAA to establish contract requirements and to expedite the cost analysis.

March 25, 2021

Defense Innovation Leader Stresses Importance of U.S., China Technology Race

Michael Brown, director of the Defense Innovation Unit, says China has a well-integrated, systematic, long-term strategy to make sure it's doing the most to achieve its goal of being No. 1 in the world in technology.

SEATTLE March 25, 2021

Seattle sheds costs with trip to gym

Working with Naval Support Complex Smokey Point officials, DCMA Seattle’s relocation team transitioned personnel from its downtown Bellevue, Wash., office to the newly renovated space Aug. 10, 2020.

March 23, 2021

If DOD Wants AI In Its Future, It Must Start Now, Official Says

Now is the time for decision makers, commanders and policymakers within the Defense Department to get on board with fully implementing artificial intelligence, the director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center said.

March 18, 2021

Innovation aids carrier maintenance efforts: Automating heat exchanger cleaning process improves critical path work

A team of innovators at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility spearheaded

March 18, 2021

Stratford team delivers despite COVID ‘Stop Move’

Facing an approaching deadline to load the aircraft on a ship bound for Korea, the Army Utility Helicopter Program Office turned to aircrews from Defense Contract Management Agency Sikorsky Aircraft, in Stratford, Connecticut, for help.