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What are some of the fears contracting officers have that prevent speed?

July 7, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

As we wrap up out highlights from the Government Contracting Pricing Summit, here’s a couple good parts from an address made by David Cade, Vice […]

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Podcast: Commercial space, venture, and DoD with Jordan Noone and Jenna Bryant

February 24, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

I was pleased to have Jordan Noone and Jenna Bryant on the Acquisition Talk podcast to talk about how commercial companies in space and deep […]

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Resolving the cognitive dissonance in naval planning

October 21, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

The U.S. Navy now faces contradictory demands. On the one hand, Congress and others are telling it to heed the lessons of recent catastrophes and […]

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The birth of automated targeting and the modern computer

April 16, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

We’ve been wrestling with information as a medium for negative feedback ever since Norbert Wiener published Cybernetics in 1949, and Wiener himself had been thinking […]

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Could there be a SpaceX-style entrant in the world of fighter aircraft?

October 1, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Such joint efforts and the use of digital engineering could allow smaller defense firms to focus on design work, whether for the whole aircraft of […]

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