Podcast: The Productivity of Defense Independent R&D
George Mason University and Wharton Aerospace Community held an excellent event on the productivity of independent research and development (IR&D). Discussing the topic was an insightful […]
Kevin Fahey
Event: Measuring R&D productivity
R&D is an easy target for cuts when firms face pressure from quarterly earnings. One problem is that firms don’t have a metric to benchmark […]
6 pathways and 14 functional areas to make up new acquisition policy framework
A presentation by ASD(Acquisition) Kevin Fahey to the advisory board for George Mason’s Center for Government Contracting went into the details of the AAF and […]
Cost or pricing data updates and challenges
In a February 2019 report finding that a defense contractor, TransDigm Group, Inc. (TransDigm), overcharged DoD for spare parts under sole-source contracts, the [Inspector General] […]
Fahey plans reforms to the 5000 series
The Defense Department is undertaking a comprehensive rewrite of its main acquisition guidance and that revision work will have a heavy emphasis on software development, […]