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CVN-78 completed a record 167 aircraft launches & recoveries in a single day. “For comparisons, the existing Nimitz-class with its steam catapults can sustain 120/240 […]
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Marines are finally about to receive their first new pistol in 35 years. “The M18 will replace the Beretta M9 that the Corps adopted in […]
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Roper Sees High-Low Mix for Hypersonic Missiles. A slice: “We could carry more of them on a bomber, but we also could carry them on […]
How much oomph is left in rapid acquisition reform?
We’ve seen this pendulum swing drastically over the last few decades. In the middle of the 20th Century we saw thousands of companies iteratively delivering […]
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DoD officials are extremely aware, almost to the point of paranoia, that even discussing the issue of NRO potentially being subsumed by the Space Force […]
Podcast: Speed, thrift, and simplicity with Dan Ward
In this episode of Acquisition Talk, I speak with Dan Ward. He spent 20 years in the US Air Force, and has just released his […]
Deconstructing major programs through adherence to standards
The thing we’re going to have to show is that we can deconstruct a major effort like this — not run it like a major […]
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Will Roper on the Air Force pitch bowl: “Post SXSW cancellation, we changed our Pitch Bowl in Austin to a YouTube Live event. Results were […]
Here are the pilot programs for the new Software Budget Appropriation
The separation of software development [funding] into research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E), procurement, and operations & maintenance (O&M) appropriations — and the use of […]
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BAE Systems rallies after snapping up U.S. defense companies. “… it announced it was buying Collins Aerospace’s military global positioning system business for $1.925 billion […]
Podcast: Lt. Gen. David Deptula (ret.) on mosaic warfare, strategy, and the digital century series
I was please to speak with Lt. Gen. David Deptula (ret.) on the Acquisition Talk podcast. He is currently Dean at the Mitchell Institute for […]
