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Month: March 2020

Podcast: Speed, thrift, and simplicity with Dan Ward

March 31, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

In this episode of Acquisition Talk, I speak with Dan Ward. He spent 20 years in the US Air Force, and has just released his […]

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Packard’s fly-before-you-buy principle

March 30, 2020 Eric Lofgren 2

Perhaps the best way to explain some variations of a practical fly-before-you buy policy is to take several examples. The AX program is one which […]

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Acquisition headlines

March 29, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Trump orders General Motors to make ventilators under Defense Production Act. What did it achieve? “The order does not change GM’s previously announced plans or […]

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Raytheon-UTC merger goes forward, but what’s the upside?

March 28, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

“Today’s settlement protects the American taxpayer by preserving competition that leads to lower costs and higher innovation in critical military and defense products,” said Assistant […]

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Podcast: Covid-19 impact to government contracting

March 27, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

In this special episode of Acquisition Talk, we listen in on a conversation about the effects of COVID-19 on government contracting, including (1) the Defense […]

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Modeling the impact of COVID-19 on defense contract obligations

March 26, 2020 Eric Lofgren 1

We don’t even have to look back as far as the 2008 crisis to predict the scale of potential losses. When sequestration hit in 2013, […]

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Evaluating price for Other Transactions contracts: call for ideas

March 25, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

The 2018 DOD OTA Guidebook states: “The Government team shall determine price reasonableness. The Government team may need data to establish price reasonableness, including commercial […]

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Could the Pentagon have had modern enterprise software tools 15 years earlier?

March 24, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Preparation for Joint Warfighting is impeded by difficulties inherent in equipping a Joint Force by the separated Services. Divisions continue like fractals to the finest […]

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Updated defense costing policy released

March 23, 2020 Eric Lofgren 2

On March 13 2020, the new DoD Instruction 5000.73 was released as part of the 5000.02 rewrite for Adaptive Acquisition Framework. It provides new guidance […]

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Acquisition headlines

March 22, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

SecNav Modly wants to reduce spending over 5 years by $40 billion to pump shipbuilding and readiness. Here’s how ComNavOps would go about it. Includes […]

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The role of analysis in US and French airframing

March 21, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

In Europe, analysis plays a radically different role in aerospace development. A French project team for example, will provide its customer with a dossier calcul, […]

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Deconstructing major programs through adherence to standards

March 20, 2020 Eric Lofgren 4

The thing we’re going to have to show is that we can deconstruct a major effort like this — not run it like a major […]

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Using the Defense Production Act to combat COVID-19

March 19, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

The DPA was inspired by laws from 1941 and 1942 that gave the White House the ability to tell private companies what to make for the good […]

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Can we do away with judgment/intuition in systems design?

March 18, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

The judgement inherent in this balancing of programs and systems can no longer be intuitive or rely on past experience alone. The range of choice […]

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Kessel Run origin story

March 17, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

During his deployment, as a multi-million-dollar drone tracked the enemy ground vehicles, Capt. Kroger used Google Earth to estimate distance and then crudely time the […]

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