Air Force’s NGAD needs to be a “team of systems,” not a “family of systems”
I recently blogged about the family of systems concept for the Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. NGAD is envisioned to be more […]
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There’s no time for a top-down approach to JADC2
The Department of Defense’s new Joint All-Domain Command and Control strategy is short on details and long on the kind of vague top-down direction that exemplifies […]
The Pacific Deterrence Initiative, not what the commanders ordered
Congress established the Pacific Deterrence Initiative in last year’s National Defense Authorization Act to improve the posture and readiness of U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific region. However, […]
Optionality: A core concept in JADC2 and acquisition
The idea of decision superiority really rests on this sense that optionality is going to be an increasingly important attribute of our future military operations. […]
To compete with China, DoD requires a new paradigm for budgeting
The U.S. military’s lack of adaptability also puts DoD at a disadvantage against its primary competitor, China’s People’s Liberation Army. Unlike the Pentagon’s attempt to […]
Is Congress ready to rethink DoD oversight?
Dan Patt: Yeah. Speaking of a fresh look, we found it fascinating that in your report, you recommend changes to the budget and appropriations process to […]
Can the DoD and Congress embrace new ways of buying software?
Software collapses the division between design and manufacture. Once a software program is designed through coding, it can be almost instantaneously manufactured through compiling. Freed […]
Battleforce 2045 and whether the Navy can get to 500 ships
Dr. Esper’s roll out of Battleforce 2045 is pretty flawed because they don’t have the ability to be more specific about it because of OMB […]
Podcast: JADC2 and decision-centric warfare with Dan Patt and Bryan Clark
I was pleased to have Bryan Clark and Dan Patt join me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss a range of important subjects including […]
A new trajectory for the digital century series aircraft program?
The original Century Series was intended to master the critical emerging technologies of its time: revolutionary improvements in hardware for jet propulsion and supersonic flight, which were central […]