Sunday Links

Army acquisition chief answers questions, seems involved in day-to-day program decisions.

Map showing where the US military operates across the world. Interesting.

… in a recent solicitation, DARPA asked for proposals to build A.I. based on insect brains. From Popular Mechanics.

How Sierra Nevada’s “Dream Chaser” Could Become a Nightmare for Northrop Grumman.

“In some places we are in monopoly-like scenarios. I want to break those monopolies. I’ll use an example in our [enterprise resource planning] world. We are looking at two very large monopolies with SAP and Oracle.” From a nice Federal News Network article on Army PEO EIS chief Cherie Smith.

The myth of modularity. This is an important topic that ComNavOps is only scrapping the top of — but I wouldn’t go so far to say modularity is a myth. Like any other management or design principle, we just have to recognize the circumstances in which it is appropriate.

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