How Kessel Run was able to survive the bureaucracy’s attempts to squash it
Here’s just one segment from an excellent interview with Will Roper on the Defense Unicorns podcast with Rob Slaughter, who worked on software factory efforts […]
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Podcast: Risk taking, commercial tech, and the ARCI program with Bill Johnson
I was pleased to have Bill Johnson on the Acquisition Talk podcast to talk about how he helped bring commercial technology, open architecture, and continuous […]
Why does DoD often take 10-15 years to deliver “big juicy targets”?
DoD still operates with enterprise processes and management practices designed around programs from 60 years ago. These program-centric constraints drive longer timelines, fewer quantities, and […]
Bold recommendations for Space Force acquisition
A viable path from start-up to a program of record has yet to be charted, and this remains a significant obstacle to entry… Creating a […]
DoD oversight is intimately linked with appropriations structure
… it is time to modernize the way the DoD is resourced with simpler, responsive and flexible appropriations that meet congressional oversight requirements. The DoD […]
DoD should control R&D programs incrementally, not through lifecycle controls predicted up-front
Policy is not made once and for all; it is made and re-made endlessly. Policy-making is a process of successive approximation to some desired objectives […]