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Cameron Holt

It takes exceptional people to do average work with DoD’s budgeting system

November 8, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

“I had a boss one time who said the processes and systems we have [in PPBE] are such that it takes exceptional people to do […]

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How the geometry of investing in defense startups is different

September 7, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Here’s a few slices from a great Venture Stories podcast with Alex Moore, an investor at 8VC and before that he was one of the […]

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China’s weapons acquisition cycle 5-6x faster than the United States — “We are going to lose” if we don’t change

July 6, 2022 Eric Lofgren 19

I would tell you anecdotally that China is still, after gains we’ve made in the last five years or so, about five to six times […]

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We’re never going to beat China with that kind of oversight!

November 2, 2021 Eric Lofgren 4

Here is a Air Force head of contracting authority Maj. Gen. Cameron Holt discussing an interesting new proposal: [Line of Effort] 3 is called “owning […]

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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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