DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base
Material regulatory developments from Office of the Secretary of Defense are tracked daily by Cresthaven Analytics. Over the last 90 days, 14 material briefs relevant to professionals operating in the defense & government contracting sector have been published below. Each brief is sourced directly from the primary regulatory feed, summarized for institutional readers, and scored for materiality.
Recent material activity
A selection of recent published briefs; this is not a complete archive.
Department of War and BAE Systems sign multi-year framework agreement for up to 25,000 APKWS guidance sections annually
The Department of War announced a framework agreement with BAE Systems covering procurement of up to 25,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System guidance sections per year for up to seven years, pending congressional au…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →Department of War certifies Bath Iron Works production capacity for a second DDG guided-missile destroyer
The Department of War issued a production-capacity certification on October 12, 2026, confirming that General Dynamics Bath Iron Works has achieved the operational and managerial stability required to support constructio…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →Department of War Office of Strategic Capital commits $150 million conditional loan to PsiQuantum for domestic quantum manufacturing
The Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital announced a $150 million conditional loan commitment to PsiQuantum Corp. on October 8, 2026. The commitment targets expansion of PsiQuantum's advanced manufacturing and…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →Department of War Office of Strategic Capital commits $1.5 billion conditional loan to Wolfspeed for domestic silicon carbide and gallium nitride supply chain
The Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital announced a $1.5 billion conditional loan commitment to Wolfspeed, Inc. on October 7, 2026. The commitment targets domestic production of silicon carbide and gallium ni…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →DARS submits OMB information-collection clearance request for covered defense telecommunications equipment reporting under DFARS
The Defense Acquisition Regulations System submitted a Paperwork Reduction Act clearance package to OMB on October 1, 2026, covering contractor reporting requirements under the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supp…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →FAR Council opens public comment on Paperwork Reduction Act burdens in proposed FAR overhaul covering Parts 14, 28, 36, and 52
The FAR Council — comprising OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA — published a Paperwork Reduction Act notice on September 23, 2026, soliciting public comment on information-collection burdens created by FAR Case 2026-010. The noti…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →FAR Council opens public comment on Paperwork Reduction Act burden changes tied to proposed FAR Parts 16, 17, and 35 overhaul
The FAR Council — comprising OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA — published a Paperwork Reduction Act notice on September 23, 2026, soliciting public comments on information collection changes proposed under FAR Case 2026-006. The…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →FAR Council opens public comment on Paperwork Reduction Act burdens in proposed FAR Parts 9, 27, and 47 overhaul
The FAR Council — comprising OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA — published a Paperwork Reduction Act notice on September 23, 2026 for FAR Case 2026-011. The notice solicits public comment on information-collection burdens arising…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →Deputy Secretary of Defense directs removal of accounting and compliance barriers separating defense and commercial industrial bases
Deputy Secretary Steve Feinberg signed a memorandum on September 15, 2026 directing the Department of Defense to eliminate accounting, audit, and compliance requirements that have structurally separated defense contracto…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →FAR Council proposes streamlining revisions to contract types, special contracting methods, and R&D contracting under Executive Order 14275
The FAR Council — comprising OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA — published a proposed rule on September 18, 2026 to amend FAR Parts 16, 17, 35, and 52 under Executive Order 14275. This proposal is one of twelve coordinated rules …
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →FAR Council proposes sweeping revisions to eight FAR parts under Executive Order 14275 deregulatory mandate
The FAR Council — comprising OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA — published a proposed rule on September 18, 2026 revising FAR Parts 8, 12, 13, 15, 38, 44, 51, and 52. This proposal is one of twelve coordinated rules restructuring…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →DoD issues FONSI for integrated non-ferrous smelting and refining facility in Montgomery County, Tennessee
The Department of Defense published a Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact on September 11, 2026, under the federal infrastructure permitting coordination statute. The finding clears the en…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →DARS submits OCI information-collection proposal to OMB under Paperwork Reduction Act review
The Defense Acquisition Regulations System submitted a Paperwork Reduction Act information-collection proposal to OMB on August 27, 2026, covering organizational conflicts of interest in major defense acquisition program…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →GSA submits OMB renewal request for contractor telecommunications and video surveillance prohibition information collection
The General Services Administration's Regulatory Secretariat Division submitted a request to OMB on August 14, 2026 to extend a previously approved information collection under the federal contractor telecommunications a…
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