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U.S. Marines with Intermediate Repair Company, 3rd Maintenance Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, prepare to test print on-the-move capabilities during Valiant Shield 26 on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, June 22, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Rachel Mason)

The military transferred Oshkosh IP over a new digital exchange so Marines could make their own parts

The military expects to compensate defense companies for letting it transfer IP through the DMX. How that will shake out isn’t clear yet.

3 days ago By Drew F. Lawrence

U.S. Army Sgt. David Ngo, a UH-60 helicopter repairer with Detachment 2, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment (General Support), Washington National Guard, services a UH-60L Black Hawk after medevac training at Yakima Training Center, Wash., July 20, 2025. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Adeline Witherspoon)

Army needs to ask for ‘the right data’ along with right to repair, acquisition chief says

The assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology told DefenseScoop that locking down the right to repair, via the contracting process, is part of…

Oct 17, 2025 By Jon Harper

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DIU creating roster of advanced manufacturing companies to scale defense tech production

“What we’re doing now is essentially creating a program that pre-vets for quality, security [and] adversarial capital," DIU Director Doug Beck said.

Aug 8, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall visits the Anduril booth at the annual Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber conference in 2023. (Anduril photo).

Anduril announces new facility to streamline autonomous systems, weapons production

The Arsenal-1 plant will produce modular, software-defined autonomous systems that can be quickly scaled for conflict in the Indo-Pacific, according to Anduril.

Aug 8, 2024 By Mikayla Easley