Diversity of funding criteria is key to accelerating S&T
Tyler Cowen: How would you improve error correction mechanisms in the world of science — Western science? David Deutsch: … I think the present system of […]
Month: June 2021
CBO compares cost of UAS and manned ISR aircraft
Conventional wisdom holds that UASs cost less than manned aircraft because they do not need life support equipment such as oxygen systems, cabin pressurization, and […]
Acquisition headlines (5/31 – 6/6/2021)
Navy tries to cut four littoral combat ships to save $186M in FY 22 budget. (USNI News) “… the second Independence-class aluminum trimaran USS Coronado […]
GAO investigates why agency funds get cancelled
About 1.6 percent of the total available budget authority government-wide was cancelled from fiscal year 2009 to fiscal year 2019, averaging $23.9 billion per year… […]
The birth of independent government cost estimation
Since the basic ingredients of the cost analysis concept being promoted were (1) independence from program proponent pressures and (2) use of historical, parametric relationships, […]
Podcast: Air Force fighters now and into the future with Mike Benitez
Mike Benitez joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to talk about the current state and future of the Air Force fighter inventory. He discusses the […]
How formal relational contracts can improve defense outcomes
When Dell originally selected FedEx, in 2005, to handle all aspects of its hardware return-and-repair process, the companies drew up a traditional supplier contract. The 100-page-plus […]