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Month: August 2019

Chinese government declassifies 3,000 space patents to spur startups

August 16, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

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. […]

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Government and the institutional memory of failure

August 15, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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The average defense program takes 10+ years to enter operations

August 14, 2019 Eric Lofgren 6

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 […]

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The SDA’s positioning for a new space architecture

August 13, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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The Army’s intellectual property strategy is counterproductive

August 12, 2019 Eric Lofgren 4

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 […]

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Acquisition headlines

August 11, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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130 companies competing in small-launch

August 10, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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Putin takes pride in Russia’s defense acquisition

August 9, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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High sustainment costs are not a technological fact of life

August 8, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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Podcast: Todd Harrison on the military space reorg. and everything else

August 7, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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CRS report on artificial intelligence, China, and acquisition

August 6, 2019 Eric Lofgren 1

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 […]

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We should never have a spec detailed enough to take 5 years to execute

August 5, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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Acquisition headlines

August 4, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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Cost per flying hour for Air Force aircraft

August 3, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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Military staff planning in WWII and after

August 2, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

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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