Babak Siavoshy joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss opportunities for improving intellectual property and software data rights practices in defense contracts. He […]
Stryker combat vehicle mounted laser weapon fends off mortar rounds. (New Atlas) “Using a 50-kW high-energy laser weapon, a US Army Stryker combat vehicle acquired, tracked, […]
Here is the conclusion from Kirk Monteverde and David J. Teece’s 1982 paper, Supplier Switching Costs and Vertical Integration in the Automobile Industry: Transactions cost […]
New bank charters actually were running pretty high up until 2008, and then they dropped to zero. Whatever happened in banking reform and regulation, and […]
The total cost to the government is often overlooked when making the decision to compete for FSD [full-scale development]. This probably occurs because one of […]
Here’s the excellent Steve Blank on the War on the Rocks podcast: We’re recording this in the middle of the battle for Ukraine, and I […]
GSA, DIU partner to make prototyped solutions more accessible. (Potomac Officers Club) “Under the agreement, GSA will use its FASt Lane process while DIU will use […]
Discussing Tim Harford’s book Messy, he tells a story of a Jazz musician Keith Jarrett who, upon a major performance was given a poor piano, […]
In this episode of the Acquisition Talk podcast, I host an amazing panel on contracting practices for modern software with Florence Kasule (Director of Procurement, […]
I was tipped off recently that there’s a weird loophole in contractor independent research and development (IRAD) that gives them a significant advantage when it […]
In a recent HASC hearing on S&T, several congress members bombarded USD R&E Heidi Shyu with questions about Defense Innovation Unit. Rep. Seth Moulton, who […]
Acquisition experts ask Congress to address decline in small business awards. (FCW) “Agencies are increasingly consolidating contracts and adopting the use of category management, which […]
Rep. Hartzler: The Army continues to insufficiently fund these [munitions] efforts in the base budget. Unfortunately, the president’s proposed budget for FY 2023 appears to […]
Andrea Garrity joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss how the government can build relationships with nontraditional companies. She is the Chief Growth […]
Here’s a slice of a panel discussion that includes former HASC Chair Mac Thornberry, former USD Policy Michele Flournoy, and Rep. Elaine Luria: Mac Thornberry: […]
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