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Senate leaders call for more predictability in shipbuilding, but is that the wrong lever?

July 20, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Since the 1960s, 14 U.S. shipyards that construct ships for the Navy have closed, and three have left the defense industry. Only one new shipyard has […]

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Capt. Mark Vandroff (ret.) on people, process, and delegation

June 27, 2019 Eric Lofgren 1

I was pleased to have Mark Vandroff speak with me on the Acquisition Talk podcast. He served 30 years in the US Navy before retiring […]

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