How the arc of American business history frames defense acquisition
The Pentagon and defense contractors are wrapped up in a broader macroeconomic arc that is crucial for understanding where DoD is today. Rise of the […]
Month: January 2023
Acquisition headlines (1/2 – 1/8/2023)
Josh Wolfe’s War: The Lux Capital founder blazes a controversial path in defense tech. (The Information) “Darting around Asia by boat, armed vehicle and helicopter, […]
Can you pass the “Ships Test?” Issues of defense requirements
Here’s an interesting slice of Lockheed Martin’s Inside Skunk Works podcast on something called the “ships” test: The bottom line is don’t add rules that […]
Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve (RDER) FY 2023 update
Matt MacGregor had an interesting post on the state of DoD innovation funds, but the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve (RDER) was a bit more difficult […]
Podcast: The next generation of defense primes with Matt Steckman and Trae Stephens
Matt Steckman and Trae Stephens joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss their approach at Anduril Industries to scaling up in defense. Matt […]
The downfall of Southwest Airlines and management lessons for defense
Here’s a viral Facebook post from 35-year Southwest Airlines pilot Larry Lonero: Herb Kelleher was the brilliant CEO of SWA until 2004. He was a […]
Acquisition headlines (12/26/2022 – 1/1/2023)
Fairly accounting for weapons in Ukraine. (The Hill) “… that $50 billion [provided to Ukraine] will be under politically motivated investigation by a Republican House […]