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Russia’s military procurement with Richard Connolly

January 13, 2020 Eric Lofgren 3

Dr. Richard Connolly joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss a wide range of issues, including Russia’s GPV modernization programs, the effect of […]

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Podcast: Agents of Innovation with John Kuehn

December 24, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

In this episode of Acquisition Talk, I speak with Dr. John Kuehn. He is a professor of military history at the Army Command and General […]

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Podcast: Lt. Gen. David Deptula (ret.) on mosaic warfare, strategy, and the digital century series

December 3, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

I was please to speak with Lt. Gen. David Deptula (ret.) on the Acquisition Talk podcast. He is currently Dean at the Mitchell Institute for […]

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Podcast: Andrew Hunter on software-defined, hardware-based adaptable systems

November 25, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

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, […]

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Podcast: James Hasik on the defense industry, intellectual property, the B-21, and more

November 15, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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Podcast: Don Vandergriff on dropping Taylorism and adopting mission command

October 28, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

I was pleased to have Don Vandergriff on the Acquistion Talk podcast. Don is a prolific educator of military training and strategy, and he has […]

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Will Thomas on the history and sciences of R&D policy

October 8, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

I was pleased to speak with Will Thomas on the Acquisition Talk podcast. He is a senior science policy analyst at the American Institute of […]

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Edward Keating on weapons sustainment and CBO analyses

August 21, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

Edward Keating joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to talk about a wide range of issues. He is the Deputy Assistant Director for National […]

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Podcast: Todd Harrison on the military space reorg. and everything else

August 7, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

Todd Harrison joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss a wide range of issues, including how the reorganization of defense space forces is […]

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Podcast: Bruce Cameron on technology strategies and architecture

July 25, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

I was pleased to have Bruce Cameron on the Acquisition Talk podcast. He is the director of the System Architecture Lab at Massachusetts Institute of […]

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Capt. Mark Vandroff (ret.) on people, process, and delegation

June 27, 2019 Eric Lofgren 1

I was pleased to have Mark Vandroff speak with me on the Acquisition Talk podcast. He served 30 years in the US Navy before retiring […]

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Panel discussion on maximizing defense innovation

May 30, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

In this episode of Acquisition Talk, we’ll listen in on a panel discussion hosted by the Lincoln Network that focuses on defense acquisition, called, “From […]

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Bruce Gudmundsson on learning by decision-forcing cases

April 10, 2019 Eric Lofgren 1

Bruce Gudmundsson joins me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss the great work he is doing down in Quantico putting together case studies on […]

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William Hartung on Lockheed Martin and the military-industrial complex

March 25, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

William Hartung joins me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss his book, Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex. […]

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Mark Mandeles on organizing for technology growth

February 13, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

The second half of my conversation with Mark Mandeles has been released on all major podcast apps. In this episode Mark and I talk about […]

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