Please bring back the Rapid Innovation Fund — and fund it well!
The architect of the Navy’s RIF [Rapid Innovation Fund] program, Brad Pantuck, was at the event as well. He said, “About 40 percent of our […]
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How much oomph is left in rapid acquisition reform?
We’ve seen this pendulum swing drastically over the last few decades. In the middle of the 20th Century we saw thousands of companies iteratively delivering […]
Program offices may face hard choices with Air Force Ventures
Here is Air Force acquisition chief William Roper talking at an Ask Me Anything webinar. He was discussing the pitch day events, which starts at […]
Why are OTAs plagued by references to FAR clauses?
One of the biggest failures of FAR 12 [commercial] contracting has been DoD’s unwillingness to proactively use these commercial of a type procedures because of […]
Innovation hubs do not always lower barriers to entry
Like so many startups with great new capabilities and not much experience selling to government, the AI company was increasingly frustrated at its inability to […]