Acquisition Talk

A daily blog on weapon systems acquisition

  • Home
  • Blog Posts
  • Podcast
  • PPBE Reform
  • About
  • Resources
    • Reading List
    • Links
    • Papers
    • Top Posts
    • AFWERX data
  • Contact

cost estimate

Middle-Tier of Acquisition is under serious threat unless oversight can think differently

July 27, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Here’s an update on Middle-Tier of Acquisition (MTA) authorities and how they are facing serious backlash from oversight. MTAs, of course, provide DoD rapid prototyping […]

Share this:

  • Print
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Twitter

500 Javelin-per-day requirement in Ukraine: Is it reasonable and what could it cost?

March 31, 2022 Eric Lofgren 12

I want to come back to an article from the weekly headlines real quickly: The Ukrainians have submitted similar lists in recent weeks but a […]

Share this:

  • Print
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Twitter

Sustainment planning gets an overhaul in FY21 NDAA

February 17, 2021 Eric Lofgren 2

Section 802 of the FY 2021 NDAA is called “Improving planning, execution, and oversight of life cycle sustainment activities,” but really it has dramatic effect […]

Share this:

  • Print
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Twitter

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 […]

Share this:

  • Print
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Twitter

Get posts by email

Search

Featured

  • When can DoD get by without competitive prototyping?
  • Acquisition headline
  • Defense budgets are “sticky” in the near term
  • DoD’s end-to-end budget cycle must be compressed to one year, max
  • Ukraine conflict exposes DoD bureaucratic inadequacies
  • Upcoming acquisition events to join!
  • Acquisition headlines (7/19/2020)

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

RSS Error: WP HTTP Error: A valid URL was not provided.

Copyright © 2025 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes