How to rejuvenate speed in the aerospace and defense sector
The global aerospace and defense (A&D) industry can produce astonishingly advanced airplanes and other complex equipment, but it routinely fails to develop those programs on time, on […]
Month: July 2022
Podcast: Strategic planning and digital transformation with John Whitley
I was pleased to have the John Whitley join me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss digital transformation, the potential for “as a service” […]
Middle-Tier of Acquisition is under serious threat unless oversight can think differently
Here’s an update on Middle-Tier of Acquisition (MTA) authorities and how they are facing serious backlash from oversight. MTAs, of course, provide DoD rapid prototyping […]
DoD’s requirements process falling short: The case of explosive materials
Michienzi said the U.S. industrial base does not have the surge capacity to replenish munitions stocks quickly, and one of the constraints is the production […]
Acquisition headlines (7/18 – 7/24/2022)
RIMPAC 2022: Navy teaming warships with unmanned surface vessels. (USNI News) “Cmdr. Jeremiah Daley, the commander of the recently established Unmanned Surface Vessel Division One, said […]
Air Force’s NGAD needs to be a “team of systems,” not a “family of systems”
I recently blogged about the family of systems concept for the Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. NGAD is envisioned to be more […]
Accountability and authority in project management
Here’s an interesting discussion from economist and entrepreneur Arnold Kling: Accountability and authority ought to be proportional to one another. If you have authority without […]
Can government programs move fast and take risks again? The Corona story.
There’s an excellent documentary called “The Corona Story – A Point in Time,” on the CIA’s Corona satellite reconnaissance program. It was was a truly […]
Deep tech development strategies and imperatives for DoD reform
Here is AJ Piplica, CEO of the hypersonic vehicles company Hermeus, on the Venture Stories podcast discussing the importance of generating revenue ahead of the […]
Acquisition headlines (7/11 – 7/17/2022)
Army acquisition exec pushes for joint JADC2 office, large-scale exercise. (Breaking Defense) “Doug Bush, the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, […]
Defense industry consolidation geared up well before the “Last Supper”
The end of the Cold War and the “Last Supper,” where defense officials actively encouraged mergers between contracts, are often credited with the major consolidation […]
The Trojan Horse: Wrapping software in metal to make the sale to DoD
Here is Trae Stephens, partner at Founder’s Fund, talking with Vago Muradian on the Defense and Aerospace Podcast. We found that selling software was incredibly […]
What could be the impact of reducing industry’s progress payment rates?
Circling back to Director of Defense Pricing and Contracting John Tenaglia’s talk at the Pricing Summit, he mentioned one of the big questions he often […]
There’s better AI/ML in John Deere tractors than in any U.S. military vehicle
Here’s Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey giving a compelling talk at the All In Summit in Miami: The US military is well behind the Chinese People’s […]
Acquisition headlines (7/4 – 7/10/2022)
AT&T, 26 other companies join Air Force’s $950 million JADC2 effort. (C4ISRNET) “The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, multiple-award contract was done through Air Force Life […]