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How Robert McNamara forced a policy of “program birth control” on the DoD

December 22, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

McNamara confirmed that each major weapon system development program and all basic and applied research programs would be examined at their inception as well as […]

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More inklings that OSD will be taking power back from the services

January 11, 2020 Eric Lofgren 5

For the past few years, acquisition reform has brought with it a delegation of decisions from the Office of the Secretary of Defense down to […]

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