Research, briefings, and field notes on federal capital movement, defense procurement, and what the data actually says. From the HighGround team.
Conference trimmed some of the most aggressive commercial reforms out of the FY26 NDAA. Here's a clear read on what passed, what died, and what it changes.
A decade of SBIR data reveals a program dominated by repeat winners, concentrated in two states, with only six percent of recipients reaching real commercialization.
The Pentagon stopped publishing out-year estimates. Reconciliation split the budget in two. Planning a multi-year defense business on this visibility is no longer realistic.
The Army used AUSA 2025 to declare an inflection point. The more useful question is what that declaration means for vendors, investors, and program offices.
The headline is $925 billion. The real story is a dozen procurement reforms that will reshape how the Pentagon buys from commercial vendors for the next decade.
Scaling federal revenue used to require hiring a BD army. One mid-tier contractor quintupled its government book with a different playbook. Here's how it ran.
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