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How can the Pentagon escape its Soviet-style acquisition system?

March 9, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

DoD’s FY21 President’s Budget Request organizes major weapon systems via nine Mission Area Categories (MACs), which can also be viewed as Strategic Capabilities (Figure 4). These provide […]

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Can the Air Force scale small companies into a program of record?

December 16, 2019 Eric Lofgren 4

Remember the dreaded “valley of death” in technology transition? The Air Force plans to bridge the valley by progressively scaling up its pitch days. A […]

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Army acquisition and the Goldwater-Nichols Act

May 4, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

In 1986, the President’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management (Packard Commission) published A Quest for Excellence, Final Report to the President. Subsequently, National Security […]

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