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Palmer Luckey on rapidly fielding counter-UAS

December 17, 2021 Eric Lofgren 1

Here’s a very interesting story from Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Anduril, at the 2021 Reagan National Defense Forum. There was an event where we were […]

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DHS, DoD, and revisiting the valley of death

February 9, 2021 Eric Lofgren 2

The Army has spent millions of dollars with goTenna, but the service cannot give the company one of the most important things for a small […]

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DHS PIL finds oral presentations not working as expected in GovCon

December 18, 2020 Eric Lofgren 2

One of the two main innovation ideas is to use “advisory downselects” to give offerors information prior to a full-blown proposal about whether they are […]

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DHS rolls out commercial solutions openings

April 15, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)… will use the Commercial Solutions Opening Pilot Program (CSOP) procedures to acquire innovative, commercial items, technologies and services currently […]

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Making the FAR sing isn’t enough — no one can be expert in all applicable laws, regs

October 21, 2019 Eric Lofgren 3

The cost to the taxpayer of attempting to eliminate all risk is prohibitive. The Executive Branch will accept and manage the risk associated with empowering […]

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