Acquisition headlines (11/21 – 11/28/2022)
The business of war is the business of deterrence. (Medium) Trae Stephens writes: “… if the Ukrainians had an arsenal of HIMARs, Howitzers, surface-to-air missiles, […]
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A federated approach to JADC2 is the only way to field interoperability before 2027
Jerry McGinn and I joined Vago Muradian on the Defense & Aerospace report to discuss our recent paper on Execution Flexibility and Bridging the Valley […]
Podcast: PPBE Reform with Ellen Lord and Michael Brown
Ellen Lord and Michael Brown joined me at the 2022 Conference hosted by George Mason University and Defense Acquisition University to discuss PPBE Reform. Ellen […]
Precision guided munitions pruduction is totally inadequate
The Pentagon is rebalancing its portfolio of PGMs away from short-range weapons used for counterterrorism operations toward long-range weapons that can be fired from standoff […]
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 […]
Getting to the battle fastest with the mostest
A post-World War II cartoon gets to a deep truth in defense acquisition. It shows American tanks on trial, supposedly for being outgunned and relatively […]
Acquisition headlines (11/7 – 11/13/2022)
Opinion: How to partner with the Pentagon. (Aviation Week) AJ Piplica write: “Since the company’s founding in 2018, Hermeus has raised over $120 million in […]
Podcast: Getting weapons into production with USD A&S Bill LaPlante
The Undersecretary for Acquisition & Sustainment (USD A&S) Bill LaPlante joined us at the 2022 Conference hosted by George Mason University and Defense Acquisition University. […]
Acquisition headlines (10/31 – 11/6/2022)
Pentagon, Congress have trust issues, budget reform panel’s Lord says. (Defense News) From the GMU-DAU Conference: “Early work by a congressionally mandated budget reform commission […]
The Ever Shrinking Fighting Force: Excerpts from Punaro’s book
Here are some excerpts from MG Arnold Punaro’s recent book, The Ever Shrinking Fighting Force. It is packed with data on how costs have increased […]
Sources of defense tech transition funding
Here are some excerpts from the Data section of our newest report, Execution Flexibility and Bridging the Valley of Death. First, we have a figure […]
Bridging the “Valley of Death” in DoD does not require new laws!
Execution flexibility is DoD jargon for delegated authority to move money. It is the most direct way to increase decision speed. Since 1960, execution flexibility […]
Acquisition headlines (10-17 – 10/23/2022)
Software engineers could show the Pentagon how to end ‘innovation theater.’ (The Hill) “Instead of devoting all its resources to the testing milestone when a […]
Is French military procurement more efficient because politics stays out?
The Rand Corporation’s Thomas McNaugher, for example, has long rejected the economists’ common assertion that the root of the acquisition problem is found in a […]
Acquisition headlines (10/10 – 10/16/2022)
Collins set for top GOP spot on defense appropriations panel. (Military.com) “Defense issues have long been a major concern for Collins…That is not least because […]