Has Congress descended from oversight to micromanagement?
Here’s a slice from a conversation between Peter Levine, Bob Work, and Susanna Blume on Peter’s recent book: Defense Management Reform. Bob Work: I do […]
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Podcast: Air Force fighters now and into the future with Mike Benitez
Mike Benitez joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to talk about the current state and future of the Air Force fighter inventory. He discusses the […]
A bridge fund can’t solve the Pentagon’s emerging tech problem
Matt MacGregor and I published an article in Defense News outlining five reasons that a bridge fund or prototyping fund won’t solve DoD’s valley of […]
Here’s a better way for the Space Force to be financially agile
When Roper was in charge of the Strategic Capabilities Office he had the ability to move money between programs in a way that allowed him […]
Could the Pentagon have had modern enterprise software tools 15 years earlier?
Preparation for Joint Warfighting is impeded by difficulties inherent in equipping a Joint Force by the separated Services. Divisions continue like fractals to the finest […]