Ukraine has created online marketplaces to let units select their own drones, a break from generations of standardized and centralized weapons procurement.
The tech giant has been rebuilding its relationship with the Defense Department and is poised to benefit as it sidesteps competitors’ controversies.
Tech industry groups representing hundreds of companies are urging a court to pause the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic. Why it matters: The Pentagon didn't just stop doing business with Anthropic — it labeled the company a supply chain risk, a move industry says could chill innovation and reshape how the government treats AI vendors. Driving the news: Major tech industry groups representing companies with Pentagon contracts filed an amicus brief calling for a pause on the designation. - "The government has ample, well-established tools to resolve procurement disputes and to contract with providers on whatever terms it prefers," the March 13 court filing states. - What they can't do, the filing says, is "misuse extraordinary…
The Pentagon is turning procurement into policy, staking its claim as Washington's most powerful AI player with its decision to ditch Anthropic . Why it matters: As lawmakers debate guardrails, the Pentagon showed how it can reshape the AI industry with a single contract decision. - The Defense Department is the federal government's biggest tech buyer, and its requirements for companies to win contracts can become de facto rules and spread beyond military systems. - In a regulatory vacuum, defense contracts speak the loudest. What they're saying: "The biggest question is: What kind of business partner does the government want to be?" Jessica Tillipman, associate dean for government procurement law studies at George Washington…
The White House is preparing an executive order formally instructing the federal government to rip out Anthropic's AI from its operations, sources familiar with the matter told Axios. Why it matters: The move would escalate the administration's fight with Anthropic , which is already suing the Pentagon over its supply chain risk designation. - It would also formalize a broader push across agencies to remove Claude after President Trump said his administration would not use "woke" AI. State of play: Government agencies like the Treasury Department have already begun to offboard Anthropic . - Anthropic in a lawsuit on Monday said Congress in its procurement laws did not give the administration the authority to blacklist a U.S. company…
The War Department is asking industry experts to help the department better work with the defense industrial base, eliminate bureaucratic bloat in the acquisition process and more quickly field weapons to warfighters.
The War Department has moved two agencies critical to getting American-made combat gear into the hands of allied and partner nations under the department's Office of Acquisition and Sustainment.
A former NATO procurement official is accused of giving falsified reviews to help a man whose companies received U.S. and NATO military contracts.
AI:The corrupt machinery of the globalist establishment has struck again, exposing a blatant bribery scheme deep within the halls of NATO. A former procurement official stands accused of orchestrating a web of falsified reviews to secure lucrative military contracts for a preferred associate. While mainstream leftist media outlets conveniently ignore this systemic rot in international defense spending, this case reveals the predatory nature of high-level bureaucratic corruption. The facts are clear: a direct quid pro quo designed to manipulate multi-million dollar military procurement processes through deceptive practices.Open
The State Department clarified comments made by the U.S. Ambassador to Canada that NORAD would be “altered” if that country did not purchase American F-35 jets.