OSD’s data-driven oversight of the military services and an alternative path forward
GAO’s Shelby Oakley: I think the biggest thing that I see right now that is a challenge for Ms. Cummings’ office is their ability to, […]
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Acquisition headlines (5/17 – 5/23/2021)
Defense Navigation Capabilities: DoD is developing PNT technologies to complement GPS. (GAO) “DOD’s alternative PNT science and technology portfolio explores two approaches: improved sensors to […]
What’s holding back the BattleLab idea?
The Air Force Battle Lab wasn’t actually a lab, it was a group of seven mission-specific labs. The battle lab existed [from 1997-2007] to pair adapted […]
Bold recommendations for Space Force acquisition
A viable path from start-up to a program of record has yet to be charted, and this remains a significant obstacle to entry… Creating a […]
Acquisition headlines (5/10 – 5/16/2021)
CSAF: F-22 not in USAF’s long-term plan. (Air Force Magazine) “Charles Q. Brown Jr. wants to neck down the Air Force’s fighter inventory from seven […]
CBO analysis of Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan
Over the next 30 years, total ship purchases would be one-third higher under the December 2020 plan than under the previous one. The Navy envisions […]
Podcast: The Productivity of Defense Independent R&D
George Mason University and Wharton Aerospace Community held an excellent event on the productivity of independent research and development (IR&D). Discussing the topic was an insightful […]
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 (4/26 – 5/2/2021)
Russia’s increasing military flights around Alaska are ‘a strain on our units,’ top US commander says. (Business Insider) “As a matter of fact, the highest […]
Podcast: China’s military, EVE online, and the future of combat with Thomas Shugart
Thomas Shugart joined Jordan Schneider and I on another cross-over episode of the China Talk and Acquisition Talk podcasts. Thomas spent 25 years in the […]
Talk about capabilities, not about numbers
I haven’t gone off on my numbers rant yet. The whole 355 ship Navy — 500 ship Navy — you know, it just drives me […]
Acquisition headlines (4/11 – 4/17/2021)
Deterring great power conflict through software development. (US Army) “It’s been an interesting two-and-a-half years of getting this organization stood-up,” said Gen. John M. Murray, […]
The birth of automated targeting and the modern computer
We’ve been wrestling with information as a medium for negative feedback ever since Norbert Wiener published Cybernetics in 1949, and Wiener himself had been thinking […]
Podcast: Hacking 4 Defense with Steve Blank and Pete Newell
I was pleased to have Steve Blank and Pete Newell return on the Acquisition Talk podcast to talk about the five-year anniversary of the Hacking […]
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 […]