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OSD’s data-driven oversight of the military services and an alternative path forward

May 25, 2021 Eric Lofgren 1

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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The nature vs nurture debate for defense program planning

January 4, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

There is an interesting story about a single crayfish that managed to reproduce asexually creating offspring with the exact same genetics. The offspring, called marmorkrebs, […]

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Great Power Competition with Richard Danzig

December 29, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Richard Danzig joined me on a joint episode of the Acquisition Talk and China Talk podcasts to discuss US-China relations and military innovation. Richard is […]

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Air Force contracting chief talks budget reform, Covid-19, and great power competition

October 21, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

This applies to Covid, it applies to emergencies and to great power competition: We have got to figure out a way to let Congress oversee […]

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New defense policy released for Software Acquisition Pathway – DoDI 5000.87

October 3, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Programs executing the software acquisition pathway are not subject to the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS), and will be handled as specifically provided […]

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