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Podcast: The next generation of defense primes with Matt Steckman and Trae Stephens

January 4, 2023 Eric Lofgren 18

Matt Steckman and Trae Stephens joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss their approach at Anduril Industries to scaling up in defense. Matt […]

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Consortia-based OTAs larger, but slower growing than stand-alone OTA

September 27, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

The same day I dropped the podcast on Stephanie Halcrow and Moshe Schwartz’s event on industry consortia, the GAO released its own report Other Transaction […]

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Podcast: The power of the industry consortium with Stephanie Halcrow and Moshe Schwartz

September 20, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

In this episode of the Acquisition Talk podcast, we listen in an event hosted by the Center for Government Contracting to discuss a recent paper […]

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Defense primes have an advantage in OTAs due to a quirk in IRAD

May 18, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

I was tipped off recently that there’s a weird loophole in contractor independent research and development (IRAD) that gives them a significant advantage when it […]

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Podcast: Bringing startups and government together with Andrea Garrity

May 12, 2022 Eric Lofgren 1

Andrea Garrity joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss how the government can build relationships with nontraditional companies. She is the Chief Growth […]

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Podcast: Mach 5 aircraft and deep tech contracting with Hermeus CEO AJ Piplica

September 29, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

AJ Piplica joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss transportation at hypersonic speeds. He is the founder and CEO of Hermeus, which is […]

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