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CMMC Is Paused. The Cybersecurity Obligation Is Not. Insights
August 13, 2026

CMMC Is Paused. The Cybersecurity Obligation Is Not.

CMMC Phase II is paused, but the underlying cybersecurity obligation is not. The Department has kept Phase I self-assessments in place, says it will continue enforcing NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2 through self-assessments and selected government-led assessments, and has reaffirmed contractors’ obligation to protect covered defense information. For defense companies, the durable requirement is increasingly clear: know where sensitive data…
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Drone Dominance Is Becoming an Industrial Problem, Not Just a Technology Problem Mission Perspectives
August 13, 2026

Drone Dominance Is Becoming an Industrial Problem, Not Just a Technology Problem

The Pentagon is moving drone warfare from prototype culture toward industrial scale. The 2026 Drone Dominance program is buying tens of thousands of low-cost systems, testing vendors under repeated competitive gauntlets, and reorganizing unmanned capabilities under a single portfolio structure. The next advantage will not come from the most sophisticated drone alone. It will come from the military-industrial system that…
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The Pentagon’s New Software Strategy Is Bigger Than Procurement Technology & Innovation
August 13, 2026

The Pentagon’s New Software Strategy Is Bigger Than Procurement

Two multibillion-dollar enterprise software agreements show the Pentagon using its purchasing power to consolidate the digital foundation of the Joint Force. But enterprise licensing is only the first layer. The larger modernization challenge is whether common platforms can reduce application sprawl, improve data interoperability, accelerate secure software delivery, simplify identity and cyber operations, and retire legacy systems fast enough to…
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