Milestone A

Is DoD wasting the creative resources of the country by dictating solutions?

July 8, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Here is David Soergel, an industry consultant testifying to Congress in the 1975 hearing, “Major Systems Acquisition.” Sometimes new technology can offer solutions to problems […]

Differing opinions of requirements: how fixed should they be ahead of prototyping?

November 20, 2019 Eric Lofgren 2

Here is the opinion of the Requirements & Concepts Panel for the Army Materiel Acquisition Review Committee (AMARC) of 1974: In the opinion of our […]

Is the DOD too aggressive in dodging the acquisition process?

September 21, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

A program has to achieve 40 milestone requirements just to pass Milestone A into the second major phase of a program, the Technology Maturation & Risk Reduction […]