Acquisition headlines (7/4 – 7/10/2022)
AT&T, 26 other companies join Air Force’s $950 million JADC2 effort. (C4ISRNET) “The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, multiple-award contract was done through Air Force Life […]
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Acquisition headlines (6/27 – 7/3/2022)
Google bets big on government business with new division. (FCW) “Announced Tuesday, Google Public Sector represents the culmination of years of effort the commercial tech […]
Acquisition headlines (6/20 – 6/26/2022)
Disrupted by SpaceX, ULA was in ‘serious trouble.’ Now its on the road back. (Washington Post) “After years of delays, [ULA] says it is close […]
How can future fighter aircraft be developed as a family of systems rather than vertical stovepipe?
Here’s Special Assistant to the SecAF Dr. Tim Grayson speaking at a recent Hudson Institute event hosted by the excellent Bryan Clark and Dan Patt […]
SpaceX’s platform-based strategy beats bespoke requirements
Bent Flyvgjberg and Atif Ansar have a new article providing evidence that SpaceX projects outperform historical and contemporary competitors by using a platform approach. The […]
Acquisition headlines (6/13 – 6/19/2022)
Analyzing the biggest changes in the Marine Corps Force Design 2030 update. (Breaking Defense) Structural changes Plans to cut the number of infantry battalions from […]
Anduril releases mission document: Rebooting the Arsenal of Democracy
Here is an interesting slice from Anduril’s mission document: Rebooting the Arsenal of Democracy. In the early 1960s, under the direction of then Secretary of […]
Acquisition headlines (6/6 – 6/12/2022)
Kendall: KC-46 might have worked better if not fixed-price; Pegasus now cleared for 97% of US aircraft. (Air Force Magazine) “The KC-46 “was supposed to […]
Talent, resource allocation, and SpaceX
Here is an excerpt from entrepreneur and VC Daniel Gross talking with Tyler Cowen about their new book, Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and […]
Acquisition headlines (5/30 – 6/5/2022)
US plans to sell Ukraine armed MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones. (The Warzone) “Introducing the MQ-1C Gray Eagle, however, would give Ukraine a high-endurance unmanned system […]
The raging debate over Marine Corps Force Design 2030
John Schmitt starts his article: “The defining feature of the development US military policy is the tension that exists between the lessons of history and […]
DoD won’t be able to out-compete China in central planning
That’s one of the things that our new CEO, former deputy secretary David Norquist talks about. We’re competing against a country that’s really good at […]
Acquisition headlines (5/23 – 5/29/2022)
Stryker combat vehicle mounted laser weapon fends off mortar rounds. (New Atlas) “Using a 50-kW high-energy laser weapon, a US Army Stryker combat vehicle acquired, tracked, […]
Regulated industries and the divide between Silicon Valley and DC
New bank charters actually were running pretty high up until 2008, and then they dropped to zero. Whatever happened in banking reform and regulation, and […]
Acquisition headlines (5/16 – 5/22/2022)
GSA, DIU partner to make prototyped solutions more accessible. (Potomac Officers Club) “Under the agreement, GSA will use its FASt Lane process while DIU will use […]