Center for Government Contracting Event Recap

Building on the Center report, Acquisition Next: A Playbook to Break the Industrial Age Paradigm, this conversation examines successful contracting methods for software-intensive programs.

In the first of a two-part series, this Center webinar focuses on three Program-Level Plays in the Acquisition Next Playbook: Adaptive Requirements, Continuous Market Research, and Master the Baseline.

In this recorded webinar from February 23, 2022, speakers discuss the past, present, and future of the SBIR program.

Other Transaction Authority is a valuable tool for government contracting. How do we ensure this innovative tool sticks? Watch the webinar on-demand

This webinar is in-depth discussion on the challenges of marketing innovative concepts and products to the armed forces. Center for Government Contracting Senior Fellows Stephanie Halcrow and James Hasik discuss Hasik's new book, Securing the MRAP: Lessons in Marketing and Military Procurement (Texas A&M University Press, 2020), followed by a panel discussion.

Defense exportability comprises the various levels of capability and technology in U.S. defense systems exported to other nations. While USG leaders and industry executives are interested in providing U.S. military systems to our partners and allies to achieve security cooperation goals, how capable are the planes, radars, missiles, and other systems we sell to our partners compared to those in the U.S. military?

Experts discuss building resilience in the U.S. defense industrial base and the roles that allies and partners can play in this effort.

In this recorded webinar, expert panelists discuss the recently issued DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5000.93, “The Use of Additive Manufacturing in DoD,” and explore the expected impacts of this policy, including obstacles to broader use of additive manufacturing.

The Center for Government Contracting hosted an online event with the co-chairs of the bipartisan House Armed Services Committee Defense Critical Supply Chain Task Force. Center Executive Director Jerry McGinn discussed the task force findings with Reps. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Mike Gallagher (R-WI).

The SBA’s Mentor-Protégé Program provides small businesses a unique opportunity to compete for set-aside federal government contracts in partnership with large businesses. Learn more about this invaluable opportunity from the perspectives of business and law.