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Starlink, Ukraine, and the challenges of a market economy going to war

October 20, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Around 20,000 Starlink satellite units have been donated to Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February, playing an important role in battlefield communication for Kyiv’s […]

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Does DoD not actually want startups to win programs of record?

August 9, 2022 Eric Lofgren 1

Here’s the excellent Steve Blank on the Village’s Solarpunk podcast, Rebuilding the Department of Defense. Everyone’s talking about the PPBE — Planning, Programming, Budgeting, Execution. […]

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What can we learn from Eric Schmidt and apply to defense acquisition?

November 9, 2018 Eric Lofgren 2

Xerox PARC came out of a similar structure [as Bell Labs]. Xerox at the time was a structural monopoly and not a legal one because […]

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