United States: Terrorism, Homeland Security & Defence

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 introduces sweeping reforms to federal acquisition processes, focusing on commercial solutions, supply chain security, and bid protest procedures. How will these changes reshape defense contracting, and what compliance challenges await contractors navigating new sourcing restrictions and protest penalties?

The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) has come under scrutiny amid calls for reform or elimination, but wholesale changes could undermine critical transparency mechanisms in foreign lobbying.

Host Tom Firestone sits down with Anna Morris, former acting assistant secretary of the US Treasury for terrorist financing, to explore the evolution of economic statecraft and sanctions policy. Morris provides insider perspectives on counterterrorism financing strategies, the expanding role of economic sanctions in foreign policy, and how the United States leverages financial tools to achieve national security objectives.

The U.S. Army’s FY 2027 budget request emphasizes force growth, modernization, and industrial base expansion. The Army is requesting approximately $252.8 billion...

On May 6, 2026, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) published a proposed rule that would extend the current prohibition on awarding classified contracts to a company subject to foreign ownership, control, or influence (FOCI), absent satisfactory FOCI-mitigation measures, to awards of noncommercial defense contracts valued at $5 million or more, regardless of whether the work requires access to classified information.

As the school year buzzes through its hectic May-to-June blur, many schools and administrators are now dealing with the impacts from a data protection incident involving Canvas, the widely used learning management...

Europe is in the midst of a historic defense pivot. For businesses, this creates significant opportunities—but also new compliance requirements, including minimum content rules favoring EU suppliers, and a revived focus on reducing external dependencies.

On April 30, 2026, the White House issued an Executive Order (EO) “Promoting Efficiency, Accountability, and Performance in Federal Contracting–The White House” directing the federal government to adopt fixed‑price...

The Federal Communications Commission and Federal Aviation Administration have released parallel regulatory proposals addressing unmanned aircraft systems and counter-drone operations over critical infrastructure. These proceedings tackle spectrum allocation, licensing modernization, and airspace restrictions, while grappling with legal barriers that have delayed implementation of congressional mandates for nearly a decade.