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Event: Funding flexibility & bridging the valley of death

December 6, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

If a company brings a new technology or solution to the Department of Defense, officials have few sources of funding that allow them to capitalize […]

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A federated approach to JADC2 is the only way to field interoperability before 2027

November 25, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Jerry McGinn and I joined Vago Muradian on the Defense & Aerospace report to discuss our recent paper on Execution Flexibility and Bridging the Valley […]

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The incredible decline of DoD execution flexibility has created the so-called “valley of death”

November 18, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Here are some excerpts from our recent report at Mason GovCon, Execution Flexibility and Bridging the Valley of Death. Caution: Just how much the purse […]

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It takes exceptional people to do average work with DoD’s budgeting system

November 8, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

“I had a boss one time who said the processes and systems we have [in PPBE] are such that it takes exceptional people to do […]

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Sources of defense tech transition funding

October 27, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Here are some excerpts from the Data section of our newest report, Execution Flexibility and Bridging the Valley of Death. First, we have a figure […]

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USD R&E Heidi Shyu on the valley of death, DIU, and budget reform

May 17, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

In a recent HASC hearing on S&T, several congress members bombarded USD R&E Heidi Shyu with questions about Defense Innovation Unit. Rep. Seth Moulton, who […]

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Data: How DoD reprogramming has changed (1961 – 2019)

May 10, 2022 Eric Lofgren 3

I talk a lot about budget portfolios and PPBE reform on this blog. Today’s excessive detail in the defense budget requires long planning timelines. By […]

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