Acquisition headlines (2/21 – 2/27/2021)
Kelly worries F-35 flying costs won’t hit target, and that China may get NGAD first. (Air Force Magazine) ““I’m not brimming with confidence” that the […]
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Acquisition headlines (2/14 – 2/20/2021)
US Air Force entertains new design to replace F-16. (Aviation Week) “Any decision about the future of the Air Force’s tactical aircraft fleet will require […]
Acquisition headlines (2/7 – 2/13/2021)
JADC2 strategy to hit Milley’s desk in days. (Breaking Defense) “Just as important as the strategy itself, Crall and members of his J6 team explained […]
Acquisition headlines (1/31 – 2/6/2021)
A better bureaucracy can close the gap between defense and commercial technology. (War on the Rocks) Good data on microelectronics and drone production. They want […]
Acquisition headlines (1/24 – 1/30/2021)
The history of the connected battlespace, part one: command, control, and conquer. (ArsTechnica) Recommended. “[C2] represents a top-down mentality applied in a rigid or mechanical […]
Acquisition headlines (1/17 – 1/23/2021)
Top DoD weapons buyer: How the Pentagon transformed its approach to information-age warfare. (Business Insider) “People, however, are the most important aspect of this revolution. […]
George Mason kicks off an acquisition playbook for the information age
For the past 50 years, there has been a stable consensus about the benefits of competition in the Department of Defense. Unfortunately, infrequent “winner-take-all” programs, […]
Acquisition headlines (1/10 – 1/16/2021)
DoD releases industrial capabilities report. (DoD) Top 10 largest DoD suppliers $743B in market cap, compared to $778B for Facebook. 17,000 companies ceased being prime […]
Acquisition headlines (1/3 – 1/9/2021)
With new cloud policy, Navy moves back to a centralized approach. (Federal News Network) As of March, “… individual commands will, for the most part, […]
Acquisition headlines (12/27/2020 – 1/2/2020)
Florida just had its busiest orbital rocket launch year in decades. (Florida Today) 31 successful launches, the most since 1966 with 54! SpaceX made up […]
Acquisition headlines (12/20 – 12/26/2020)
Dr Ryan Starkley: Developing supersonic drones. (sUAS News) “Currently, there is no cost-effective way to test things that are traveling at high-subsonic and low-supersonic speeds. […]
Acquisition headlines (12-13 – 12/19/2020)
DARPA’s DyNAMO connects incompatible datalinks under electronic attack. (Janes) The radio-frequency (RF) technologies embedded into the DyNAMO system enable “automated, real-time dynamic configuration of tactical […]
Acquisition headlines (12/6 – 12/12/2020)
CSAF Brown’s “Accelerate Change or Lose” Action Orders Could Drive Changes to FY-22 POM. (Inside Defense) Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Brown today released […]
Acquisition headlines
Current Army budget may make modernizing more difficult. “… they talk about 31-plus-three initiatives that are moving along, and that will, at some point, produce […]
Acquisition headlines
GAO: Aircraft Mission Capable Rates Generally Did Not Meet Goals and Cost of Sustaining Selected Weapon Systems Varied Widely. “We found that of the 46 […]