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Podcast: Getting more for our defense dollars with Fred Bartels and Philip Candreva

September 2, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

I was pleased to be invited for a discussion with Philip Candreva and Frederico Bartels hosted by the Heritage Foundation. Philip is a senior lecturer […]

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How can the Pentagon escape its Soviet-style acquisition system?

March 9, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

DoD’s FY21 President’s Budget Request organizes major weapon systems via nine Mission Area Categories (MACs), which can also be viewed as Strategic Capabilities (Figure 4). These provide […]

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Yes, America’s military budget process is terrible

October 24, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Central planning did not work any better in the Pentagon than it did in the Soviet bloc. Not that we were not warned. The problem […]

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