A federated approach to JADC2 is the only way to field interoperability before 2027
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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Podcast: Getting weapons into production with USD A&S Bill LaPlante
The Undersecretary for Acquisition & Sustainment (USD A&S) Bill LaPlante joined us at the 2022 Conference hosted by George Mason University and Defense Acquisition University. […]
The raging debate over Marine Corps Force Design 2030
John Schmitt starts his article: “The defining feature of the development US military policy is the tension that exists between the lessons of history and […]
There’s no time for a top-down approach to JADC2
The Department of Defense’s new Joint All-Domain Command and Control strategy is short on details and long on the kind of vague top-down direction that exemplifies […]
How should the Navy hedge their bets if carriers prove vulnerable?
Today the Navy has aircraft carriers, submarines, surface combatants, aircraft, and sensors under the sea and in space. Our plan to counter to China can […]
Podcast: Injecting tech in today’s weapons with Maj. Gen. John Ferrari (ret.)
I was pleased to have John Ferrari join me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss a wide range of issues facing DoD’s ability to […]
Highlights from DoD’s 2021 report on China’s military power
The link is here, officially titled “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China.” In 2020, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced a […]
Could blockchain help solve JADC2’s composability problem?
Here’s Naval Ravikant’s response to a question from Tim Ferriss on the meaning of “composable” in the context of crypto and software development: The beauty […]
Mission Integration Network Control: DARPA’s ambitious program for command and control
Historically the DoD approach to building communications systems models a vertically- integrated stack. Today both DoD and commercial approaches deconstruct this stack moving away from […]
The Pacific Deterrence Initiative, not what the commanders ordered
Congress established the Pacific Deterrence Initiative in last year’s National Defense Authorization Act to improve the posture and readiness of U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific region. However, […]
Why monolithic defense programs are inherently fragile
Mother Nature does not like anything too big… Mother Nature does not limit the interactions between entities; it just limits the size of its units. […]
Podcast: Affecting the strategic calculus with Michele Flournoy
Michele Flournoy joined Jordan Schneider and I on a crossover episode of the China Talk and Acquisition Talk podcasts. She is a former Undersecretary of […]
STITCHES is getting stymied by the acquisition process
One government-owned program already exists that can enable previously incompatible networks and systems to exchange data without the need for common standards or open mission […]
The role of blockchain in military cybersecurity
On a great new podcast, Commercial Innovation for Defense, Mark Goode asks blockchain entrepreneur Michael Lewellen about the military’s work on bringing together a common […]
JAIC director Shanahan on how to build trust with Congress
I have struggled with this at the JAIC going up to the Hill and saying, ‘You know, you’re asking for a level of detail in […]