Acquisition headlines (5/24 – 5/31/2021)
The Department of Defense releases the President’s FY 2022 Defense Budget. (DoD) And don’t forget the Acquisition Costs by Weapon System. New DOD budget seeks […]
Month: May 2021
The story of US Air Force’s Kessel Run
During a tour in the Central Command’s Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) in Qatar, the Defense Innovation Board (DIB) with Chairman Eric Schmidt (the thenexecutive […]
The false efficiency of systems analysis
The revolutionary manner in which McNamara made his decisions… transformed the “expert” career bureaucrat into the “novice” and the “inexperienced” political appointee into the “professional.” […]
What’s left to be done after the Adaptive Acquisition Framework?
We need reform in our requirements processes and our budgets to allow for the same speed and agility the #AAF gives us. We have a framework for […]
OSD’s data-driven oversight of the military services and an alternative path forward
GAO’s Shelby Oakley: I think the biggest thing that I see right now that is a challenge for Ms. Cummings’ office is their ability to, […]
Acquisition headlines (5/17 – 5/23/2021)
Defense Navigation Capabilities: DoD is developing PNT technologies to complement GPS. (GAO) “DOD’s alternative PNT science and technology portfolio explores two approaches: improved sensors to […]
What’s holding back the BattleLab idea?
The Air Force Battle Lab wasn’t actually a lab, it was a group of seven mission-specific labs. The battle lab existed [from 1997-2007] to pair adapted […]
Bold recommendations for Space Force acquisition
A viable path from start-up to a program of record has yet to be charted, and this remains a significant obstacle to entry… Creating a […]
Problems with measures of effectiveness for test & evaluation
I would be perfectly willing operationally to test anything anybody can name without having measures of effectiveness or criteria for the test. I am also […]
Should government own the technical baseline?
GFE — which is government furnished equipment — many times has a negative connotation to it. You would think that anytime the government is furnishing […]
Acquisition headlines (5/10 – 5/16/2021)
CSAF: F-22 not in USAF’s long-term plan. (Air Force Magazine) “Charles Q. Brown Jr. wants to neck down the Air Force’s fighter inventory from seven […]
Tweet of the week: Defense modernization fail
Summed up into a single #miltwitter meme. @AcqTalk @PeteModi @thedanward pic.twitter.com/Z5FaPYJ35O — The Merge (@MergeNewsletter) May 12, 2021 I like that thread because it highlights […]
CBO analysis of Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan
Over the next 30 years, total ship purchases would be one-third higher under the December 2020 plan than under the previous one. The Navy envisions […]
The emergent order of industrial mobilization during WWII
In January 1941 defense spending rose to triple what it had been during the previous six months. By July it quintupled, and December it jumped […]
Podcast: The Productivity of Defense Independent R&D
George Mason University and Wharton Aerospace Community held an excellent event on the productivity of independent research and development (IR&D). Discussing the topic was an insightful […]