DOD Announces FY26 Acquisition Program Fellowship Application Window

View Online DOD Announces FY26 Acquisition Program Fellowship Application Window  June 3, 2025 | By Devon Bistarkey, Defense Innovation Unit The Defense Department is accepting applications for the fiscal year 2026 Immersive Commercial Acquisition Program Fellowship — a highly competitive 12-month program designed to deliver a group of contracting professionals proficient in commercial acquisition. The fellowship is a collaborative effort between the Defense Innovation Unit and the Defense Acquisition University. It aligns with recent efforts to modernize defense acquisitions, including a preference for commercial solutions to create an agile, effective and efficient procurement system.    Applications will be accepted through July 31, 2025.   "In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, the department must be able to swiftly acquire and integrate leading-edge commercial technologies," said Doug Beck, DIU director. "To ensure our warfighters maintain a decisive advantage, we need contracting professionals who are fluent in both the defense and commercial sectors and who can help their teammates across the department to develop that same fluency. That is what the ICAP fellowship delivers, and we need to keep scaling it — and its impact — for the department's critical needs."   The fellowship offers hands-on experience with DIU's commercial solutions opening process and the other transaction authority. These authorities enable DOD to engage with nontraditional defense companies and access commercial solutions that are not readily available through more traditional acquisition channels.    Beck said the program also provides valuable insight into the commercial market and dynamics-driven commercial organizations that engage with the government and DOD. Additionally, ICAP participants attend virtual classes through DAU's credential program.  Since its inception in May 2022, ICAP has provided the model for training innovation-fluent contracting officers, he added.   To date, 16 fellows have participated in the program, representing a diverse range of contracting officers from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, the intelligence community and the Defense Contract Management Agency.    Beck said the current FY24-25 cohort includes six fellows who are actively contributing to DOD's acquisition mission.    "ICAP represents a key tool in delivering change agents in defense contracting, ensuring that the department has a workforce equipped to best navigate commercial and modern software acquisitions in order to meet defense needs," said Cherissa Tamayori, DIU acquisition director.   To learn more about the ICAP program, join current fellows for a virtual, live "Ask Me Anything" session, July 8, 2025, 3-4 p.m. EDT.    To apply, visit https://www.diu.mil/work-with-us/immersive-commercial-acquisition-program-icap.

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Alert: Sudan: Rise in people fleeing to Chad as violence surges

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Sudan: Rise in people fleeing to Chad as violence surges The number of Sudanese refugees in Chad has more than tripled in just over two years amid the ongoing war in their homeland, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said in an alert on Tuesday. Read more

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Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman, Sean Parnell, on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Travel to Belgium and France

View Online IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman, Sean Parnell, on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Travel to Belgium and France June 3, 2025 Chief Pentagon Spokesman Mr. Sean Parnell provided the following statement:   Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will depart early this week for a trip to participate in the NATO defense ministerial in Brussels, Belgium, on June 5, and D-Day commemorations in Normandy, France, on June 6. The Secretary will deliver a message at the defense ministerial focused on advancing President Trump's call for NATO allies to commit to spend 5% of their GDP on defense and refocusing NATO on collective defense and deterrence.  At the D-day commemorations, the Secretary will participate in events to commemorate the sacrifices of the valiant patriots who fought to secure freedom in Europe and around the world.

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