In January 2017, Xi Jinping established the Central Commission for Integrated Military and Civilian Development, a high-level body to oversee the implementation of military-civil fusion. […]
I think that large, established organizations operate according to different incentives than start-ups. Large organizations focus on the downside of new initiatives. In the start-up […]
Technology and threats are both evolving very rapidly. Our own acquisition system too often undermines our ability to get the warfighter what he or she […]
The 2018 National Defense Strategy gives out a set of goals and they all say “we want you to modernize in an agile manner with […]
The Army recognizes the need for intellectual property [IP]… I’m going to highlight four principles for you that underpin it. The first principle is […]
Air Force Reveals Tests of supposed record-setting scramjet engine from Northrop Grumman. Ran for 30 minutes at speeds above Mach 4. When things are going […]
Here’s part of an interesting interview with Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck on ArsTechnica. What do you think about the competition? SpaceX is entering the smallsat […]
What is curious and what we should certainly pay attention to and take pride in is that despite the modest military spending we not only […]
Bryan Clark: One big challenge they [the DOD] have is sustainment costs. Sustainment costs of our force — partly because it’s aging, partly because it’s […]
Todd Harrison joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss a wide range of issues, including how the reorganization of defense space forces is […]
The following is from an excellent CRS report, “National Security and Artificial Intelligence.” I’ll forego the indentation. Note that more recent Bloomberg estimates put the […]
Milo Medin [VP Wireless Services, Google]: Impact is the big thing everyone wants from their life. And that’s true for software professionals as well. If […]
Lack of USAF tanker, airlift capacity causes concern over potential conflict in Pacific. A slice: “The USAF has had a shortage of cargo aircraft and […]
Here are the numbers as reported by Business Insider back in 2016: E-4 Nightwatch — $159,529 B-2 Spirit — $130,159 C-5 Galaxy — $100,941 OC-135 […]
The key to OPD’s [Operations Division’s] success was its streamlined staff procedure, which emphasized delegating authority to make recommendations or take action to the lowest […]
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