Podcast: A clean-sheet approach to Space Force acquisition with Cynthia Cook and William Shelton
RAND researchers Cynthia Cook and William Shelton joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss their new paper that takes a fresh look at […]
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Acquisition headlines (10/4 – 10/10/2021)
IT spend expected to trend up, acting DoD CIO says. (FCW) “The Defense Department’s IT spend has risen steadily in recent years, with an approximate 16% increase […]
Acquisition headlines (9/27 – 10/3/2021)
Raytheon ends air-launched hypersonic vehicle test drought. (Aviation Week) “A demonstrator for a hypersonic missile flew faster than Mach 5 for 300 nm above 60,000 […]
Why have companies opted out of government contracting?
The issue that Jeb and I got started with in puzzling over was the question of Pentagon acquisition and the ways in which Pentagon acquisition […]
Podcast: Mach 5 aircraft and deep tech contracting with Hermeus CEO AJ Piplica
AJ Piplica joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss transportation at hypersonic speeds. He is the founder and CEO of Hermeus, which is […]
The problem of shipbuilding capacity in expanding the Navy’s fleet
We’ve paired our shipbuilding capacity down to the bone. You see it not just in shipbuilding but in ship maintenance. We just can’t get ships […]
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 […]
Special economic zones and PPBE reform for the Department of Defense
It is one of history’s great ironies that a major factor in defeating Soviet communism was one of the largest centrally planned economies in the […]
Navy research chief’s take on what’s slowing down the fleet’s transformation
Here is Rear Adm. Selby, chief of naval research, speaking with Vago Muradian: I’m really pushing back at the idea of requirements. I think the […]
Acquisition headlines (9/13-9/19/2021)
Tell us why small businesses can’t get contracts, Pentagon asks. (Defense One) “… the Defense Department received an “A” grade on the Small Businesses Administration’s annual […]
Is DoD starting to bridge the valley of death?
… funding for Advanced Components Development and Prototypes (6.4 funding) has increased from 20.4% of total RDT&E funding in 2012 to 30.2% in the enacted […]
Will the Navy’s battleforce have to shrink before it grows?
I’m a big believer right now that the United States Navy is probably gonna have to get smaller before it gets bigger. Right now the […]
What does Chief Software Officer Nicholas Chaillan’s exit say about the state of acquisition?
Nicholas Chaillan has a fascinating LinkedIn post announcing his exit as DoD’s Chief Software Officer. He trumpeted a number of important accomplishments before commenting on […]
Peter Theil talks defense industry consolidation
Robert O’Brien: One of the things we’ve seen that’s happened faster than the experts thought — particularly over the last decade — is that the […]
Acquisition headlines (8/30 – 9/5/2021)
Startups map out strategies to augment or backup GPS. (Space News) “GPS-level accuracy of 4.9 meters for a smartphone operating under clear skies won’t be […]