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Advanced Battle Management System

Congressional view of oversight and transparency needs an overhaul

December 24, 2020 Eric Lofgren 2

I think this provides some color as to why the Air Force’s top priority programs are being cut by congressional appropriators from $302 to $158 […]

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Podcast: Digital acquisition with Bryon Kroger and Matt Nelson

December 8, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Bryon Kroger and Matt Nelson joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to talk about digital transformation in the Department of Defense. They are the […]

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The Air Force ‘Internet of Things’ program gets reorganized

November 30, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

According to a memo sent from Roper to the Air Force’s acquisition workforce Tuesday, the chief architect will remain responsible for codifying ABMS [Advanced Battle […]

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Massive ABMS contract to an unknown 5-person firm [UPDATED]

June 1, 2020 Eric Lofgren 4

Under the $950,000,000 award ceiling, Hellebore will support the maturation, demonstration, and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains to enable Joint All Domain Command […]

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Will bureaucracy descend on the Air Force ABMS program?

April 20, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

The Air Force’s ABMS is a family of systems intended to replace the command and control capabilities of aging legacy programs and develop a network […]

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Podcast: Lt. Gen. David Deptula (ret.) on mosaic warfare, strategy, and the digital century series

December 3, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

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 […]

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