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Month: February 2023

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February 16, 2023 Eric Lofgren 9

It’s been a wonderful experience writing on this blog and podcasting about defense acquisition since October 2018. I’ve published over 1,400 blog posts and 160 […]

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Year-to-year stability of munitions procurement funding

February 15, 2023 Eric Lofgren 6

Yesterday, I discussed how munitions procurement funding changed between the President’s Budget request, Congressional enactment, and actual execution. Today, I want to briefly touch on […]

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Are munitions really “bill payers” for the rest of defense?

February 14, 2023 Eric Lofgren 0

One of the lines often heard is that munitions accounts are “bill payers” for other lines, particularly weapons platforms like vehicles, aircraft, and ships. Former […]

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Acquisition headlines (2/6 – 2/12/2023)

February 13, 2023 Eric Lofgren 0

DoD procurement of space tech is evolving, but pace of change is slow. (Space News) “There is a major push at high levels of the […]

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Are we overthinking the DoD’s valley of death problem?

February 10, 2023 Eric Lofgren 3

Here’s an interesting exchange from the Feb 9, 2023 House Armed Services Committee hearing on the future of war between Representative Ro Khanna and Christian […]

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Does DoD need a public relations campaign for mobilizing industry?

February 9, 2023 Eric Lofgren 1

In a previous post, I discussed how Assistant Secretary for War Mobilization Louis Johnson had traveled the country prior to World War II making hundreds […]

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Analysis of ammunition procurement FY 1999 – FY 2023

February 8, 2023 Eric Lofgren 3

In a previous post, I gave an overview of Munitions and Missiles overall and dipped into a little of the data on missiles and equipment […]

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An uncertain future for Middle-Tier of Acquisition

February 7, 2023 Eric Lofgren 2

Here’s a couple slices from an interesting Breaking Defense article on Middle-Tier of Acquisition (MTA) pathway for rapid prototyping and rapid fielding. First, what’s going […]

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Acquisition headlines (1/30 – 2/5/2023)

February 6, 2023 Eric Lofgren 0

Record defense budget flunks the China test. (Real Clear Defense) Jeb Nadaner: “The 2023 budget funds just a little more than a thousand new mid-to-long range conventional missiles, […]

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How today’s DoD tech is either incremental change to legacy or adopted irregularly

February 3, 2023 Eric Lofgren 0

After a flurry of major technological advancements in the 1940-1960s period, there was talk of a “technological plateau.” Proponents of this idea believed that most […]

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How commercial industry helped saved the day in World War II

February 2, 2023 Eric Lofgren 0

In the Pacific theater of World War II, allied landings on islands were challenged by shallow coral atolls that wrecked the normal landing craft available. […]

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Data on DoD munitions and missile procurement: FY 2001 to FY 2023

February 1, 2023 Eric Lofgren 4

Below are a few charts base on DoD’s procurement data from the P-1 docs FY 2001 to FY 2023. The dollars are normalized to FY […]

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