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Podcast: The next generation of defense primes with Matt Steckman and Trae Stephens

January 4, 2023 Eric Lofgren 18

Matt Steckman and Trae Stephens joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss their approach at Anduril Industries to scaling up in defense. Matt […]

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Reverse innovation, allied partners, and getting more bang for the buck

October 15, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Consider an American company with a good-better-best product lineup with 80-90-100% performance at 80-90-100% pricing. When seeking to sell in an emerging economy, like India, […]

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CBO compares cost of UAS and manned ISR aircraft

June 8, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Conventional wisdom holds that UASs cost less than manned aircraft because they do not need life support equipment such as oxygen systems, cabin pressurization, and […]

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Technology s-curves and the future of defense tech

September 10, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Where some of the discussion about the stagnation hypothesis gets kind of confused and confusing is when you get back-and-forths that go like this: people […]

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