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Month: July 2021

The Pentagon’s “innovation tourism” problem isn’t what you might think

July 30, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Pentagon has increasingly articulated a desire to adopt the best of the commercial sector into the military. But a new report suggests the department hasn’t […]

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GMU Playbook: Tailor the contracting approach to elements of the architecture

July 29, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

In this week’s blog post on Mason GovCon’s acquisition playbook study, we discuss a recommendation for government to partition contract tasks alongside the modular open […]

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Rickover’s take on professionalism in Navy R&D

July 28, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

The naval profession, if you can call it a profession, is engineering. It isn’t a profession actually, because in a profession you have certain responsibilities; […]

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Mission-based budgets, getting real oversight, and DoD transformation

July 27, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA): I’m honestly a little bit more on the side of we need to blow up the whole system here because the […]

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Acquisition headlines (7/19 – 7/25/2021)

July 26, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Acquisition rules block the building of war-winning networks. (Air Force Magazine) “… “believe it or not, we found that the primary barriers to being able […]

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DoD’s intellectual property debate in two minutes

July 23, 2021 Eric Lofgren 4

Mandy Smithberger [POGO]: Something that the department’s starting to emphasize more that I hope congress will support is that we get the intellectual property rights […]

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Interpersonal confidence as a basis for weapon systems choice

July 22, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Consequently, a good technical feasibility evaluation must consider not only the state of the art in a very objective sense, but also the competence, insight, […]

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Adam Smith on budget flexibility and congressional self-interest

July 21, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Of course there is the procurement cycle, which to make it very simple, it’s too long. As technology is changing rapidly, if you’re saying that […]

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Senate leaders call for more predictability in shipbuilding, but is that the wrong lever?

July 20, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Since the 1960s, 14 U.S. shipyards that construct ships for the Navy have closed, and three have left the defense industry. Only one new shipyard has […]

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Acquisition headlines (7/12 – 7/18/2021)

July 19, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Biden to nominate defense industry expert Andrew Hunter as Air Force acquisition boss. (Air Force Times) “Hunter landed the nomination because of his past work […]

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What’s holding back SBIR and new entrants from transforming DoD?

July 16, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

After proving the efficacy and competitive strength of the technology procured via a SBIR award, federal agencies are required by law to work in good […]

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Can building the factory around software cut defense costs by half?

July 15, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

We certainly don’t think we will be disrupting Lockheed Martin or Boeing. So, buying like a 747, for example, 70% of the cost of that […]

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When DoD could move contracts and requirements in just hours

July 14, 2021 Eric Lofgren 1

Kelly [Johnson] loved to tell how a general named Frank Carroll was so enthusiastic hearing Kelly describe the speed and maneuverability of the new P-80, […]

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Mission Integration Network Control: DARPA’s ambitious program for command and control

July 13, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Historically the DoD approach to building communications systems models a vertically- integrated stack. Today both DoD and commercial approaches deconstruct this stack moving away from […]

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Acquisition headlines (7/5 – 7/11/2021)

July 12, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

DoD cancels $10B JEDI contract. (Fed Scoop) “Acting DOD CIO John Sherman told reporters Tuesday that while JEDI was conceived in 2017 with “noble intent,” […]

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