Acquisition headlines (2/21 – 2/27/2022)
Ukraine supplies 90% of US semiconductor-grade neon (and what it means to chip supply chain). (Venture Beat) “Ukraine supplies more than 90% of the U.S.’s […]
Ukraine supplies 90% of US semiconductor-grade neon (and what it means to chip supply chain). (Venture Beat) “Ukraine supplies more than 90% of the U.S.’s […]
Russ Roberts: You and I both now live in a country, Israel, that has a Socialist past, a very strong Socialist past, where the general […]
I was pleased to have Jordan Noone and Jenna Bryant on the Acquisition Talk podcast to talk about how commercial companies in space and deep […]
The Brits, not once but twice, the last time being in the Falklands, couldn’t hit anything with naval gunfire because they forgot to reverse the […]
Since the 1990s, the defense sector has consolidated substantially, transitioning from 51 to 5 aerospace and defense prime contractors. As a result, DoD is increasingly […]
Building the future US navy surface force. (Naval News) I think the chart below was the most interesting part: US Army’s delayed battle command system […]
Here is the Director of Defense Research & Engineering Harold Brown in 1962, discussing how he has responsibility for all R&E activities in DoD since […]
Personnel costs accounted for 38% of the Army’s fiscal year 2022 budget request, compared with 27% for the Navy and 21% for the Air Force, […]
The Department of Defense is required to report to Congress on an array of national security topics each year. The number of new reporting requirements […]
For 100 years, success in aerial combat came from the ability to point the nose of the aircraft and shoot the sucker. To do that […]
State Department approves $13B F-15EX sale to Indonesia, on heels of Rafale deal. (Breaking Defense) “… buy up to 36 Boeing F-15EX aircraft… just hours […]
I think there’s a deep structural shift, which is really important. That is that intangible capital has become more and more important in our economy. The nature […]
My colleague James Hasik recently published his newest book, Securing the MRAP: Lessons Learned in Marketing and Military Procurement. In this episode of the Acquisition […]
In the event of major war, the identified industrial base dedicated to the Army would be unable to produce sufficient materiel to support combat consumption […]
I’ve talked a lot about PPBE Reform on this blog, and while that is an important effort, there’s a lot that the workforce can do […]
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