Acquisition headlines (11/14 – 11/20/2022)
US Air Force’s ‘divest to invest’ plan is too risky. (Defense News) “The Air Force plans to retire aging F-15Cs, F-16s, B-1s and B-2s [to […]
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The incredible decline of DoD execution flexibility has created the so-called “valley of death”
Here are some excerpts from our recent report at Mason GovCon, Execution Flexibility and Bridging the Valley of Death. Caution: Just how much the purse […]
Acquisition headlines (2/21 – 2/27/2022)
Ukraine supplies 90% of US semiconductor-grade neon (and what it means to chip supply chain). (Venture Beat) “Ukraine supplies more than 90% of the U.S.’s […]
Acquisition headlines (12/27/2021 – 1/2/2022)
National Defense Authorization Act provisions sparked support and skepticism from several experts. (Nextgov) “Several of the officials pointed to the noteworthiness of section 1004 in […]
Acquisition headlines (11/1 – 11/7/2021)
Navy task completes first unmanned at sea integration exercise. (Aerotech News) “During the two-day training exercise, Task Force 59 integrated and evaluated new MANTAS T-12 […]
The great debate on how continuing resolutions affect DoD
DOD officials said continuing resolutions can delay their ability to pay for goods or services and can lead to repetitive administrative tasks or incremental planning. […]
Acquisition headlines (6/21 – 6/27/2021)
Electronics manufacturers send warning shot across CMMC’s bow. (Federal News Network) “DoD’s own cost analysis estimated the cost of a CMMC Maturity Level 3 (ML3) […]
Why defense programs should fix cost and schedule, not technical, baselines
Results of this research suggest that the defense acquisition system should break the concept of the PM’s triple constraint of cost, schedule, and performance. The […]
Contract challenges for modular open systems
Typically, a small percentage of the overall profit on a major defense system comes from software development. At the same time, the future upgrade and […]
Please bring back the Rapid Innovation Fund — and fund it well!
The architect of the Navy’s RIF [Rapid Innovation Fund] program, Brad Pantuck, was at the event as well. He said, “About 40 percent of our […]
Biotech business lessons for acquisition
In the multibillion dollar biotech and pharmaceutical sectors, R&D is an integral requirement to be part of the industry. The FDA does not contract with […]
Resilience bleg
A few weeks ago I was invited to speak at a National Security Strategy Retreat on a panel about cronyism. That prompted several blog posts […]