No. 109-857, April 2025

Index

• Air Superiority Will Always Require Pilots, Air Force Officials Say. (Best of the Web)
• Are Helicopters Tactical Wheeled Vehicles?
• Boosting the Workforce: Accelerated Training Program Prepares Students for Shipbuilding Careers.
• COMING SOON.
• Court Adds New Wrinkle to Minimum Wage Fight. (GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING INSIGHTS)
• CUI or Not CUI? That Is the Question. (ALGORITHMIC WARFARE)
• Defense Industrial Base Sector Won't Surge Without Policy Changes. (VIEWPOINT)
• Defense Logistics Agency Develops AI Tool To Monitor Supply Chain Risk.
• Despite Headlines, China's DeepSeek, Chip Makers Still Lagging. (VIEWPOINT)
• Faster Acquisition Requires Simpler Requirements. (DEFENSE CONTRACTS)
• Faulkner Presented With Logistics Award. (NDIA NEWS)
• GM Defense, McKenzie Honored with Red Ball Express Award. (NDIA NEWS)
• Government Comms To Require Next-Gen Information Security. (INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE)
• Hello, Goodbye.
• How U.S. Defense Firms Actually Use Their Cash Flow. (NDIA POLICY POINTS)
• Interchangeable Buzzwords.
• Marines Seek Better Batteries for Medium Tactical Truck. (DISPATCHES)
• More Commercial Tech for Defense Has Bipartisan Support. (NDIA PERSPECTIVE)
• NDIA Announces New Division Chairs. (NDIA NEWS)
• NDIA BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
• NDIA CALENDAR.
• New Generator Creates Water Out of Thin Air.
• NEXT MONTH.
• Pearls of Wisdom: Graybeards Spell Out Myths, True Fixes For U.S. Shipbuilding.
• Pentagon Ready to Let AI Make Some Decisions. (AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS)
• Rebranding the Davidson Window.
• Shipyard Labor: Unions Say Retention, Not Hiring, Is Shipbuilders' Biggest Problem.
• SINKING SHIPYARDS: Navy, Industry Try to Reverse Course On Workforce Woes. (COVER STORY)
• South Korea Looking For More Military Tech Cooperation With Allies. (INDO-PACIFIC)
• Special Ops Goes Big.
• Startup Wins Army Contract to Develop Vertical Takeoff Cruise Missile. (DISPATCHES)
• The Need for Sufficient and Stable Funding.
• The Process Reform Triangle: Acquisition Strategies, Budgets, Requirements.
• U.S. Needs International Talent To Maintain Tech Leadership. (EMERGING TECHNOLOGY HORIZONS)
• Under Threat, Taiwan Struggles With Questions of Resilience. (POSTCARD FROM TAIPEI)
• VITAL SIGNS 2025: U.S. Must Re-Posture its Defense Industrial Base.
• Voice-Activated Software Guides Drones Hands Free. (Innovation Nation)