Preparing for CMMC: Navigating DoD’s New Cybersecurity Rules

After half a decade of development and review, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)*/ will implement contracting regulations, effective November 10, 2025, making the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program a reality for hundreds of thousands of companies across the defense industrial base (DIB). More than ever before, companies doing business with DoD, either as …

The Air Force “Contractor Responsibility Watch List” De Facto Debarment for Space Companies?

The Air Force is showing increased interest in using its Contractor Responsibility Watch List (CRWL). This is for companies that, in the agency’s view, should be blocked from further space projects. The CRWL skips over the debarment process for contracts and grants based on an apparent congressional notion that the Space Systems Command, and now …