Acquisition headlines 3/28 – 4/3/2022
Navy’s shipbuilding request may be violation of law, Inhofe warns. (Breaking Defense) Inhofe’s tweet: “The @USNavy says we need at least 355 battle force ships […]
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Acquisition headlines (1/31 – 2/6/2022)
Change how OTAs are used to make them an essential tool against China. (Breaking Defense) “Section 824 of the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization […]
GMU Playbook: Striking the balance with intellectual property
Mason GovCon’s sixth play for software-intensive systems seeks to protect the government’s interests while reducing its need for intellectual property. When government adopts commercial technology, […]
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 […]
Acquisition headlines (10/25 – 10/31/2021)
Space Development Agency’s request for bids challenged for ‘risk’ imposed on contractors. (Space News) “Maxar believed that the terms of the Space Development Agency’s satellite […]
Did the 5000-series lead to longer cycle time for aircraft development?
Mosaic warfare is a concept that evolved over the last 5 or 6 years, both at DARPA but also by folks like Dan Patt and […]
Acquisition headlines (9/20 – 9/26/2021)
Air Force’s top civilian hints at changes to hypersonic weapons programs. (Defense News) ““It’s pretty clear to me what the Chinese want to do with […]
DARPA’s Tim Grayson talks about a federated approach to interoperability, JADC2
I like to say that interoperability goes up and down the stack. A lot of the work, especially particularly in Dave’s office [Chief Data Officer] […]
Acquisition headlines (7/26 – 8/1/2021)
Lawmakers want DoD to explore tech’s valley of death problem. (NextGov) “The proposals to be reviewed at Wednesday’s markup directs the Defense secretary to carry out […]
Acquisition headlines (6/14 – 6/20/2021)
Opinion: Why are US defense prime growth expectations so similar? (Aviation Week) Byron Callan: “First, if everyone is well positioned, no one is well positioned… […]
Podcast: Air Force fighters now and into the future with Mike Benitez
Mike Benitez joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to talk about the current state and future of the Air Force fighter inventory. He discusses the […]
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 […]
Tweet of the week: Defense modernization fail
Summed up into a single #miltwitter meme. @AcqTalk @PeteModi @thedanward pic.twitter.com/Z5FaPYJ35O — The Merge (@MergeNewsletter) May 12, 2021 I like that thread because it highlights […]
Is DoD’s acquisition culture a threat to national security?
I also worry whether DoD’s culture is a threat to national security. Culture is the system of values and norms that govern behavior. How we […]
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 […]