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2026NDS – National Defense Strategy – Restoring Peace Through Strength for a New Golden Age of America
A new U.S. national defense strategy was released Friday Jan 23 2026, puts protection of the homeland and access to strategic terrain in the Western Hemisphere atop the military’s agenda, marking a shift from the Pentagon’s previous position that countering China was the Defense Department’s number one pacing threat.
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Artificial Intelligence Strategy for the Department of War
President Trump makes clear in Executive Order 14179, "It is the policy of the United States to sustain and enhance America's global Artificial Intelligence (AI) dominance in order to promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security." In the national st:curity domain, AI-enabled warfare and AI-enabled capability development will re-define the character of military affairs over the next decade. This transformation is a race - fueled by the accelerating pace of commercial AI innovation coming out of America's private sector.
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Pentagon CTO offers industry free use of 400 patents from gov’t labs — for a start
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon spends $3.3 billion a year on its 216 laboratories, which have piled up thousands of patents, often for technologies which may never see the light of day, let alone a battlefield. But this morning, the Department’s CTO, Under Secretary for Research & Engineering Emil Michael, publicly launched a two-pronged crusade to change that.
“[It’s] a frustrating point: Why do these innovations — and we have thousands of them in the labs, billions of dollars worth of IP that’s been created by the great minds in the labs — why does it not get all the way out there to the warfighter?” Michael asked a packed conference room in downtown Washington, DC. “In part, it’s because you don’t know where to go to find them. They’re all over the place. They’re not categorized, they’re not available.”
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Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program
Per the DBE Interim Final Rule published on October 3, 2025, all Wisconsin-based DBE and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) firms previously certified using race- or sex-based presumptions of social and economic disadvantage must be reevaluated for recertification by the United Certification Program (UCP). All applicants must now prove social and economic disadvantage on an individual, case-by-case basis, rather than relying on race or sex as a presumption.
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GSA Updates Guide for Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
The General Services Administration [GSA] has issued an updated IT security procedural guide outlining processes to ensure that nonfederal systems and organizations protect controlled unclassified information [CUI].
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Defense Patent Holiday
The Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW(R&E)) has launched the Defense Patent Holiday, a new pilot program designed to accelerate the commercialization of breakthrough defense technologies from the lab to the warfighter.
This first-of-its-kind initiative offers qualified companies no-fee Commercial Evaluation Licenses (CELs), providing industry partners unprecedented access to government intellectual property. CELs give companies the unique opportunity to assess the defense patent, market, and consider the commercial potential of defense R&D.
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Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
The Department of Defense’s (DOD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is calling on commercial companies to develop low-cost, space-based, sensing technologies to counter ballistic and hypersonic missile threats. Through its “Sensors and Seekers for Fire Control” initiative, the DOD is seeking modular, space-rated sensors capable of delivering real-time, high-precision tracking data to support missile interception.
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DOW Restructures Foreign Military Sales, Prioritizes Speed, Efficiency
In a video posted on social media, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that the War Department moved two agencies critical to getting American-made combat gear into the hands of allied and partner nations under the War Department's Office of Acquisition and Sustainment. Both the Defense Security Cooperation Agency and the Defense Technology Security Administration are part of how the United States helps partners and allies get access to American-made weapons and equipment. They will now fall under the Office of the Undersecretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment, led by Michael P. Duffey, according to the memorandum.
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Make Onshoring Great Again portal
This free tool from SBA helps connect businesses with verified U.S. manufacturers, producers, and suppliers. It’s built to support companies that want to onshore operations, strengthen their supply chains, and source the components they need—all proudly Made in the USA.
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False Claims Act Settlements and Judgments Exceed $6.8B in Fiscal Year 2025
Settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act exceeded $6.8 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, announced today. That amount is the highest in a single year in the history of the False Claims Act. This year, whistleblowers filed 1,297 qui tam lawsuits,
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Directory of CMMC Certified Managed Service Providers and Managed Security Service Providers
This directory of CMMC certified managed service providers and managed security serviceproviders is maintained by MSPs for the Protection of Critical Infrastructure as a service to the community. Thisdirectory is open to all qualified companies and no fees are charged. This directory provides OrganizationsSeeking Assessment with a reliable way to identify companies providing managed services aligned with CMMCand NIST SP 800-171, as evidenced by their CMMC certificationstatus.
This listing has been validated by the MSPs for the Protection of Critical Infrastructure with the C3PAO that assessed the ESP and awarded the CMMC Level 2 Assessment Certification. Please contact each provider directly to obtain their Shared Responsibility Matrix, which will demonstrate the scope of services that have been assessed for NIST 800-171 compliance.
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