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Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve (RDER) FY 2023 update

January 5, 2023 Eric Lofgren 0

Matt MacGregor had an interesting post on the state of DoD innovation funds, but the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve (RDER) was a bit more difficult […]

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How can future fighter aircraft be developed as a family of systems rather than vertical stovepipe?

June 22, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Here’s Special Assistant to the SecAF Dr. Tim Grayson speaking at a recent Hudson Institute event hosted by the excellent Bryan Clark and Dan Patt […]

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Here are the first picks on the PPBE Reform Commission

February 2, 2022 Eric Lofgren 9

There seems to be broad agreement among most stakeholders the US needs “better, faster, affordable” development and acquisition of emerging technologies that will drive competitive […]

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We’re never going to beat China with that kind of oversight!

November 2, 2021 Eric Lofgren 4

Here is a Air Force head of contracting authority Maj. Gen. Cameron Holt discussing an interesting new proposal: [Line of Effort] 3 is called “owning […]

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Podcast: The next-generation of combat UAVs with Joseph Murray and Andrew Van Timmeren

October 28, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

I was pleased to have on the Acquisition Talk podcast Joseph Murray and Andrew Van Timmeren. Joe is the co-founder of Blue Force Technologies, a […]

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Podcast: What’s the price of an AI/ML product?

July 6, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

As firms are finding out, the unit economics of AI/ML is not exactly like software. It requires more manual manipulation of data than one might […]

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Why DoD needs more uncorrelated experiments

June 17, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

The thing that I will cry from the rooftops is that we just need more uncorrelated experiments. If you spend all the money in the […]

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The debate over defining “legacy” weapon systems

March 12, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

How DoD defines “legacy systems” will drive tens of billions of dollars of investment, sustainment activities, and force structure. Everyone criticizes legacy systems, and in […]

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To compete with China, DoD requires a new paradigm for budgeting

February 22, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

The U.S. military’s lack of adaptability also puts DoD at a disadvantage against its primary competitor, China’s People’s Liberation Army. Unlike the Pentagon’s attempt to […]

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Gov’t funding is short-term, project-based, risk-averse, and prone to groupthink

September 8, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

One hypothesis I’d like to investigate is that we’ve gotten a little too centralized and monolithic in our funding. That is something to address. The […]

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