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

January 4, 2023 Eric Lofgren 6

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 3

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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