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Month: September 2021

Why have companies opted out of government contracting?

September 30, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

The issue that Jeb and I got started with in puzzling over was the question of Pentagon acquisition and the ways in which Pentagon acquisition […]

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Podcast: Mach 5 aircraft and deep tech contracting with Hermeus CEO AJ Piplica

September 29, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

AJ Piplica joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss transportation at hypersonic speeds. He is the founder and CEO of Hermeus, which is […]

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The problem of shipbuilding capacity in expanding the Navy’s fleet

September 28, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

We’ve paired our shipbuilding capacity down to the bone. You see it not just in shipbuilding but in ship maintenance. We just can’t get ships […]

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Acquisition headlines (9/20 – 9/26/2021)

September 27, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Air Force’s top civilian hints at changes to hypersonic weapons programs. (Defense News) ““It’s pretty clear to me what the Chinese want to do with […]

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Special economic zones and PPBE reform for the Department of Defense

September 24, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

It is one of history’s great ironies that a major factor in defeating Soviet communism was one of the largest centrally planned economies in the […]

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Navy research chief’s take on what’s slowing down the fleet’s transformation

September 23, 2021 Eric Lofgren 2

Here is Rear Adm. Selby, chief of naval research, speaking with Vago Muradian: I’m really pushing back at the idea of requirements. I think the […]

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CBO analysis of FY22 shipbuilding plan — fewer VLS cells distributed across more ships

September 22, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Most cruisers and destroyers in today’s fleet carry between 90 and 122 VLS [vertical launch system] cells. Although the LCS does not carry the VLS, […]

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DARPA’s Tim Grayson talks about a federated approach to interoperability, JADC2

September 21, 2021 Eric Lofgren 4

I like to say that interoperability goes up and down the stack. A lot of the work, especially particularly in Dave’s office [Chief Data Officer] […]

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Acquisition headlines (9/13-9/19/2021)

September 20, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Tell us why small businesses can’t get contracts, Pentagon asks. (Defense One) “… the Defense Department received an “A” grade on the Small Businesses Administration’s annual […]

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Is DoD starting to bridge the valley of death?

September 17, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

… funding for Advanced Components Development and Prototypes (6.4 funding) has increased from 20.4% of total RDT&E funding in 2012 to 30.2% in the enacted […]

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GMU Playbook: Reduce risk with modular contracting

September 16, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

In this week’s blog post on Mason GovCon’s acquisition playbook study, we discuss modular contracting for software-intensive systems. The Federal Acquisition Regulation prefers modular contracting […]

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Podcast: Commercial item acquisition with Phil Jasper

September 15, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

I was pleased to have Phil Jasper, Mission Systems President at Collins Aerospace, join me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss commercial item acquisition. […]

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Risk, micromanagement, and mission command

September 14, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

I wish we never became so bureaucratized that we become ineffective. We need to faithfully apply mission command. And mission command, to be properly applied, […]

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Acquisition headlines (9/6 – 9/12/2021)

September 13, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

At next Project Convergence, 7 scenarios will test American tech against adversaries. (Defense News) “By pulling in the joint force, the exercise is slated to […]

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Will the Navy’s battleforce have to shrink before it grows?

September 10, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

I’m a big believer right now that the United States Navy is probably gonna have to get smaller before it gets bigger. Right now the […]

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