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Month: February 2022

Acquisition headlines (2/21 – 2/27/2022)

February 28, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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How the unique culture of the Israeli military impacts its innovation

February 25, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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Podcast: Commercial space, venture, and DoD with Jordan Noone and Jenna Bryant

February 24, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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Nature is nonlinear, and that matters to weapon systems management

February 23, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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What’s missing from analysis of competition in the defense industry?

February 22, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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Acquisition headlines (2/14 – 2/20/2021)

February 21, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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DoD is failing on the three E’s: experimentation, evaluation, and evolution

February 18, 2022 Eric Lofgren 2

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 […]

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How will inflation impact military budgets, capabilities? It’s not straight-forward…

February 17, 2022 Eric Lofgren 2

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, […]

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GAO: To keep up with surging Congressional reporting, DoD should modernize

February 16, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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The secret to the success of the F/A-18E/F: Lessons in expeditious innovation

February 15, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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Acquisition headlines (2/7 – 2/13/2022)

February 14, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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Intangible capital is important for the economy and defense acquisition

February 11, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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Event: Securing the MRAP

February 10, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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Lessons in mobilization: The industrial base is too small and too slow

February 9, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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Mason GovCon releases Acquisition Next: A playbook to break the industrial age paradigm

February 8, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

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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  • How the unique culture of the Israeli military impacts its innovation
  • Gresham’s Law of Programming
  • Why monolithic defense programs are inherently fragile
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