Will the F-35A make it to the $25K cost per flying hour target?
The well-known goal for the US Air Force’s F-35A variant is to become affordable by meeting the $25,000 cost per flying hour (CPFH) target. We […]
Programs
Talk about capabilities, not about numbers
I haven’t gone off on my numbers rant yet. The whole 355 ship Navy — 500 ship Navy — you know, it just drives me […]
Army-Air Force spat over long range fires exposes policy failures
The U.S. Air Force general in charge of managing the service’s bomber inventory slammed the Army’s new plan to base long-range missiles in the Pacific, calling […]
George Mason University study on digital acquisition
How can DOD and commercial companies work together in the most efficient way possible? Discovering the answer is the yearlong quest of a study launched […]
AF Ventures Impact Report for 2018-2020
Any award occurring after a company’s first AFVentures award is tagged as potential Phase III impact. All awards a company received prior to working with […]
DIU update: the 2020 annual report
Key statistics from DIU’s 2020 annual report that I compiled: Subject 2020 2019 2016-2020 Projects 23 95 Commercial Proposals 944 466 2,381 Proposals per Solicitation […]
Why the Army ditched its organic design for OMFV
The Army’s decision to not submit its own design bid for the restarted Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) prototype competition was to remove concerns over […]
Aircraft sustainment woes — And is the Air Force paying for Navy F-35 costs?
We found that of the 46 individual fixed- and rotary-wing types of aircraft we examined, only three met the service-established mission capable goal [80 percent] […]
How did the US Air Force become the smallest, oldest it’s ever been?
John Baum: Why do we now have the smallest, oldest Air Force in our nation’s history? What does this mean for the future? Mark […]
Don’t be fooled by the DoD’s readiness figures
When the DoD talks about the readiness of its aircraft it usually cites mission capable rates. But is that what DoD analysts actually use when […]
The Air Force ‘Internet of Things’ program gets reorganized
According to a memo sent from Roper to the Air Force’s acquisition workforce Tuesday, the chief architect will remain responsible for codifying ABMS [Advanced Battle […]
How the SDA’s space architecture comes together
In order to do missile tracking for the next generation missile threats — hypersonic glide vehicles, hypersonic cruise missiles — we need to do two […]
Can Roper break the link between R&D and production? The case of NGAD
“NGAD could take the form of a single aircraft and/or a number of complementary systems – manned, unmanned, optionally manned, cyber, electronic forms that would […]
Battleforce 2045 and whether the Navy can get to 500 ships
Dr. Esper’s roll out of Battleforce 2045 is pretty flawed because they don’t have the ability to be more specific about it because of OMB […]
Analysis: How DoD supports the COVID-19 response using Other Transactions
The DoD’s extensive contracting workforce is closely supporting Health and Human Services in executing Other Transactions (OT) contracts for COVID-19 under the joint Operation Warp […]