The annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), in essence Congress’ annual budget for the Department of Defense (DoD), commonly includes various riders and attachments that amend or create other federal laws. For example, the 202...
On October 5, 2022, the Department of Defense (DOD), in compliance with Section 889 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, released an updated list (Blacklist) of banned People’s Republic of China (China) military companies. PilieroMazza recently wrote about Part B ...
Draft textof the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act includes a measure requiring the Secretary of Defense to assess products and services available to DOD that can help the U.S. armed forces and national security entity secure mobile devices used by its hundre...
DoD Authorization Act Permits SPB WithdrawalSeiler, Walter C
south and west -- and provide Congress a report this summer on options for adopting a 360-degree approach to address Russian threats emerging from all strategic directions. The Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act includes a provision requiring the defense secretary in consultation with...
The list, released in accordance with Section 1260H of the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, “is an important continuing effort in highlighting and countering the [People's Republic of China's] Military-Civil Fusion strategy,” the Pentagon said in a statement. The goal of ...
The DOD SBIR 22.2 and STTR 22.B BAAs stated that: “Congressional authorization of the SBIR and STTR programs is set to expire on September 30, 2022. If... What is a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) and why does it matter to you? DOD, technology developmentTRLs are a measurement ...
Prior to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, 5G technologies at the U.S. Department of Defense were incubated in its Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Research and Engineering, or OUSD(R&E). Symbolically, however, with the passing of the aforementio...
Fiscal YearNational Defense Authorization ActDoD Appropriations ActMILCON Appropriations 2023Public Law 117-263(Dec. 23, 2022)Public Law 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY23(Dec. 29, 2022) 2022Public Law 117-81(Dec. 27, 2021)
To its credit, the Department of Defense has finally begun exploring options to reform its 63-year-old planning, programming, budgeting, and execution process—PPBE—a relic of the McNamara era. In the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, Congress included a provision creating...