Podcast: Opening programs to modularity and iteration
In this special episode of the Acquisition Talk podcast, we listen into an event that explores how defense programs can harness modern development practices. Center […]
Month: March 2022
How weapons become overoptimized to the point they become brittle
Here is Roland McKean, one of the founders of the DoD’s Planning-Programming-Budgeting system, who later in the 1960s saw the errors of what he helped […]
Space Force acquisition reorg moves in the right direction
Following a 90-day review, the head of Space Systems Command Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein proposed a new structure built around five program executive offices: Assured Access […]
Acquisition headlines (2/28 – 3/6/2022)
Addressing DoD’s tech focus areas requires new approaches. (DoD) DIU’s Michael Brown at a Mason GovCon event: “We don’t start with requirements, which often dictates […]
The fractured nature of accountability in defense acquisition
I was talking to someone the other day quite senior in the acquisition arm of a service who was basically saying look — my role […]
How the Saab Gripen fighter can rapidly develop and deploy software
The ability to embrace change was one of the important factors taken into account while designing Gripen E. The fighter, with its smart split avionics, […]
Have irregularities marked the success of weapons programs in years past?
Jerry McGinn: … the Department of Defense is stuck with the ’60s approaches which requires three years to really plan and then program and then […]
CSAF Brown’s struggle against bureaucracy and why there’s resistance to top-down plans
CSAF CQ Brown’s desire to accelerate decision making in the Air Force — “accelerate or lose” — seems to not be going as well as […]