How the Saab Gripen fighter can rapidly develop and deploy software
The ability to embrace change was one of the important factors taken into account while designing Gripen E. The fighter, with its smart split avionics, […]
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GMU Playbook: Striking the balance with intellectual property
Mason GovCon’s sixth play for software-intensive systems seeks to protect the government’s interests while reducing its need for intellectual property. When government adopts commercial technology, […]
Busting up monolithic architectures, the problem of legacy systems, and a federated approach to JADC2
We use the term ‘mosaic’ in the context of what we call Mosaic Warfare. If you look at where the DOD has been heading, it’s […]
The MOSA challenge and the proliferation of work statements
Contrast the Army Signal Corps SOW [Statement of Work] for the Wright Brothers’ heavier-than-air flying machine in 1908 to the Air Force SOW for the […]
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 […]
Why the Army ditched its organic design for OMFV
The Army’s decision to not submit its own design bid for the restarted Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) prototype competition was to remove concerns over […]
The days when 3-5 years for fighter aircraft development was too long
In the judgment of the committee, the services unnecessarily complicated those relationships with “meticulous supervision” exercised through restrictive procedures that badly needed simplifying. In addition […]
Podcast: Intellectual Property in Defense Contracts
In this special episode of the Acquisition Talk podcast, we listen in to a great conversation on intellectual property in defense. The panel is moderated […]
Podcast: JADC2 and decision-centric warfare with Dan Patt and Bryan Clark
I was pleased to have Bryan Clark and Dan Patt join me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss a range of important subjects including […]
Contract challenges for modular open systems
Typically, a small percentage of the overall profit on a major defense system comes from software development. At the same time, the future upgrade and […]
What is holding modular open systems back in defense?
When used in conjunction with such concepts as modularity and functional partitioning—the use of self-contained functional components to build systems—the open systems approach was also […]