Acquisition headlines (11/29 – 12/5/2021)
White House taps former Air Force official to run Pentagon acquisition. (Defense News) “William LaPlante, the president and chief executive of Draper Laboratory, will be […]
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Acquisition headlines (11/22 – 11/28/2021)
JADC2 cross-functional team adds new transport working group. (Fed Scoop) “The Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) Cross-Functional Team (CFT) now has six working groups, […]
Are we starting to see the backlash to OTAs?
Here’s a Q&A from a Mitchell Institute webinar discussing Other Transactions (OTAs): Audience question: There’s lots of new platforms being developed or being procured under […]
Acquisition headlines (11/15 – 11/21/2021)
Army’s shark tank-style innovation competition is now open to other services. (Army Times) “Over the past year, the Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps has held an […]
Release of the DoDI 5000.91 Product Support Management
The DoDI 5000.91 Product Support Strategy contains 12 elements in the Integrated Product Support (IPS) and 10 elements in the Lifecycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP). This […]
Is software showing the cracks in DoD’s industrial age system?
Here are some excerpts from a good long-form article from from Lauren Williams at FCW, Why DOD is so bad at buying software: It can […]
Acquisition headlines (11/8 – 11/14/2021)
Pentagon tech chief seeks to bolster R&D work with allies. (Defense News) “… [Shyu] has discussed the Pentagon’s research and development priorities with her counterparts […]
We’re never going to beat China with that kind of oversight!
Here is a Air Force head of contracting authority Maj. Gen. Cameron Holt discussing an interesting new proposal: [Line of Effort] 3 is called “owning […]
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. […]
Podcast: The next-generation of combat UAVs with Joseph Murray and Andrew Van Timmeren
I was pleased to have on the Acquisition Talk podcast Joseph Murray and Andrew Van Timmeren. Joe is the co-founder of Blue Force Technologies, a […]
Acquisition headlines (10/18 – 10/24/2021)
Algorithmic warfare: new navy task force focused on AI, robotics. (National Defense Magazine) ” The standing up of Task Force 59 will allow officials to […]
Senate appropriators support PPBE reform, provided some cautions
Several recent studies have examined the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution [PPBE] process of the Department of Defense, and have recommended various improvements. Chief among […]
Resolving the cognitive dissonance in naval planning
The U.S. Navy now faces contradictory demands. On the one hand, Congress and others are telling it to heed the lessons of recent catastrophes and […]
Why is defense innovation so slow?
If a clever engineer imagines a new weapon for the Air Force, and if the research-and-development office specializing in that class of weapons approves of […]
Acquisition headlines (10/11 – 10/17/2021)
Ex-Air Force tech boss eviscerates Pentagon for already losing the AI race against China. (The Drive) “Among various complaints leveled at the U.S. military’s approach […]