A recurring problem in Government Contracting is that contractors may select from alternative accounting methods without specified criteria governing such selection. Contractors sometimes present cost […]
“We want to expand people’s view about what technology is; it includes people and process and is part of a sociotechnical system,” Mineweaser said. “The […]
Andrew Hunter, director of the defense-industrial group at CSIS, joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss a set of papers on adaptable systems, […]
How Anduril’s Palmer Luckey plans to take on Boeing and Lockheed Martin. We’ll see if Marc Andreessen’s theory that good software firms can learn hardware […]
In 1994, Congress authorized use of Other Transactions (OT) for the development of prototypes “directly relevant to weapons or weapon systems.” Under this authority, projects […]
The “digital century series” approach for the next-generation fighter could leave the Air Force with more costly small fleets of aircraft that exacerbate growth in […]
The biggest gap in the government today is enterprise services. You go to big companies, they have infrastructure cloud team, they have a platform team, […]
Here is the opinion of the Requirements & Concepts Panel for the Army Materiel Acquisition Review Committee (AMARC) of 1974: In the opinion of our […]
Felix is developing a highly differentiated product that he’s been working on for the last 15 years that also has these massive business implications for […]
“We still have concerns, there still are roadblocks as we go to execute,” Fick said. “Everything from something as simple as U.S. government documents that […]
NASA report finds Boeing seat prices are 60% higher than SpaceX. A slice: “[Boeing] has received a total of $4.82 billion from NASA over the […]
We realized it was time to stop the heel-to-toe acquisition process of developing a concept and then going to Combats Development to develop a requirement, […]
Jim Hasik joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss a wide range of topics. He was a former naval officer and long time […]
Mike: It’s folks that are probably retired military and you’re like the 3rd or 4th client they’ve had, and you’re like, “hey, let’s pay this […]
The plane couldn’t have been included in the designs for the first two of four planned Ford carriers, one Navy official told me, because the […]
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