Podcast: The political-economy of defense with Russell Rumbaugh
I was pleased to have Russell Rumbaugh join me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss some of the most fundamental issues facing defense management. […]
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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) […]
Acquisition headlines (5/31 – 6/6/2021)
Navy tries to cut four littoral combat ships to save $186M in FY 22 budget. (USNI News) “… the second Independence-class aluminum trimaran USS Coronado […]
Acquisition headlines (5/24 – 5/31/2021)
The Department of Defense releases the President’s FY 2022 Defense Budget. (DoD) And don’t forget the Acquisition Costs by Weapon System. New DOD budget seeks […]
Acquisition headlines (5/3 – 5/9/2021)
Space Force unveils its ‘vision for a digital service.’ (USSF) “Acknowledging that space is the only physical domain without humans in place to conduct military […]
Acquisition headlines (4/4 – 4/10/2021)
Defense Business Brief: Defense giants gird for tax battle; $715B skinny budget; Mixed readiness picture; and more… (Defense One) “Raytheon Technologies CEO Greg Hayes issued […]
Podcast: PPBE Reform Panel 1 — Key Recommendations
For the first time in more than 50 years, a serious discussion is emerging on the foundations of defense budgeting and oversight. The “valley of […]
Acquisition headlines (3/28 – 4/3/2021)
Brown tapped for Pentagon acquisition chief. (Inside Defense) “President Biden intends to nominate Michael Brown, the director of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit, to be […]
Acquisition headlines (3/21 – 3/27/2021)
SpaceX reducing booster production in recent years. (Reddit SpaceX Lounge) Boosters produced increased from two in 2012 to 13 in 2017, then declined to 15, […]
Podcast: Affecting the strategic calculus with Michele Flournoy
Michele Flournoy joined Jordan Schneider and I on a crossover episode of the China Talk and Acquisition Talk podcasts. She is a former Undersecretary of […]
Acquisition headlines (2/28 – 3/6/2021)
Agile product management: how to build weapons faster and better. (Breaking Defense) “This level of integration introduces complexity to the point where agile software development […]
General Hinote: We ought to reimagine budgeting and oversight
That sector is going so fast that I don’t know what the specific solution set might look like in 2027 when we’re going to be […]
Acquisition headlines (2/7 – 2/13/2021)
JADC2 strategy to hit Milley’s desk in days. (Breaking Defense) “Just as important as the strategy itself, Crall and members of his J6 team explained […]
Podcast: Big questions in defense acquisition with Col. Bryon McClain
I was pleased to speak with Colonel Bryon McClain on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss the biggest questions facing the defense acquisition system. He […]
Acquisition headlines (1/31 – 2/6/2021)
A better bureaucracy can close the gap between defense and commercial technology. (War on the Rocks) Good data on microelectronics and drone production. They want […]