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The incredible decline of DoD execution flexibility has created the so-called “valley of death”

November 18, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Here are some excerpts from our recent report at Mason GovCon, Execution Flexibility and Bridging the Valley of Death. Caution: Just how much the purse […]

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Have irregularities marked the success of weapons programs in years past?

March 2, 2022 Eric Lofgren 1

Jerry McGinn: … the Department of Defense is stuck with the ’60s approaches which requires three years to really plan and then program and then […]

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Packard’s fly-before-you-buy principle

March 30, 2020 Eric Lofgren 2

Perhaps the best way to explain some variations of a practical fly-before-you buy policy is to take several examples. The AX program is one which […]

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