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Should DoD spend half as much money twice as fast?

January 31, 2023 Eric Lofgren 0

Here are a couple slices from a short interview with Palantir’s COO Shyam Sankar on Building the Base podcast with Hondo Geurts and Lauren Bedula. […]

How to manage creative talent and lessons for DoD

January 11, 2023 Eric Lofgren 0

Here’s an interesting conversation with Disney CEO Robert Iger on the a16z podcast: Alan Horn was the kind of studio executive that knew how to […]

Does DoD not actually want startups to win programs of record?

August 9, 2022 Eric Lofgren 1

Here’s the excellent Steve Blank on the Village’s Solarpunk podcast, Rebuilding the Department of Defense. Everyone’s talking about the PPBE — Planning, Programming, Budgeting, Execution. […]

Advanced material buys to accelerate missile production

June 15, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Here’s a conversation with John Norman, VP at Raytheon of USAF airpower requirements and capability and former USAF major general, on the Aerospace Advantage podcast. […]

Intangible capital is important for the economy and defense acquisition

February 11, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

I think there’s a deep structural shift, which is really important. That is that intangible capital has become more and more important in our economy. The nature […]

Podcast: China’s military, EVE online, and the future of combat with Thomas Shugart

April 28, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Thomas Shugart joined Jordan Schneider and I on another cross-over episode of the China Talk and Acquisition Talk podcasts. Thomas spent 25 years in the […]

Podcast: Navy shipyards and defense supply chains with Maiya Clark

October 19, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Researcher Maiya Clark at the Heritage Foundation joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss her recent paper on the Navy’s public shipyards as […]