JADC2, PPBE, and the mission integration challenge
Here’s a bit from Gen. Hawk Carlisle (ret.) at a Hudson Institute event discussing JADC2/mission integration with Brian Clark and Dan Patt: How you design, […]
Blog Posts
Peter Theil talks defense industry consolidation
Robert O’Brien: One of the things we’ve seen that’s happened faster than the experts thought — particularly over the last decade — is that the […]
Acquisition headlines (8/30 – 9/5/2021)
Startups map out strategies to augment or backup GPS. (Space News) “GPS-level accuracy of 4.9 meters for a smartphone operating under clear skies won’t be […]
GMU playbook: Agile contracting
In this week’s blog post on our acquisition playbook study, we discuss agile contracting. When technical solutions are uncertain, it is wise to provide room for […]
Podcast: Getting more for our defense dollars with Fred Bartels and Philip Candreva
I was pleased to be invited for a discussion with Philip Candreva and Frederico Bartels hosted by the Heritage Foundation. Philip is a senior lecturer […]
F-16 makes in-flight software updates to EW system as proof of concept for much larger networking effort
Here’s Mike Benitez on the Aerospace Advantage podcast discussing in-flight updates to the ALQ-213 electromagnetic warfare system, which requires some programming to detect enemy radar […]
What makes SpaceX different?
Imagine if you had gone to work at Space X in 2005 and gotten in the ground floor of the Falcon 1 program, or imagine […]
Acquisition headlines (8/24 – 8/30/2021)
Pentagon poised to unveil, demonstrate classified space weapon. (Breaking Defense) “In space, we over-classify everything,” Hyten told the National Security Space Association (NSSA) on Jan. […]
Does efficiency in weapons acquisition equate to the absence of industry profits?
Clearly, efficiency in the conduct of weapons programs is a desirable objective… What do we mean by efficiency in this context? There is a tendency […]
Podcast: Science & Technology for national security with Lisa Porter
Lisa Porter joined Jordan Schneider and I for a discussion about Science & Technology (S&T) in the national security arena. She is co-president of LogiQ, […]
The “valley of death” is but one symptom of the broader governance problems found in PPBE
The PPBE was really a revolutionary and radical idea. One of the things it was trying to do was reduce duplication and overlap. You might […]
Did SpaceX and Palantir transform government contracting? A VC’s view
The DoD is starting to run commercial-like procurement processes as opposed to purely cost-plus contracting. In traditional government contracting, the government comes up with a […]
Acquisition headlines (8/16 – 8/22/2021)
Skunk Works will hand of ARRW production to missiles and fire control. (Air Force Magazine) Skunk Works itself has the capacity to produce 8-12 per […]
DoD invites setbacks by relying on sequential measures of progress
Systems engineering techniques themselves contribute to disaster because they all are paper techniques and there are only two instead of N dimensions available. What we […]
IP and CMMC — two issues that could derail defense innovation efforts
… there are two thorny issues that need to be effectively addressed on this innovation journey: intellectual property (IP) and security. Both issues have seen […]