How the factory of the future can drop defense costs and schedules by 50 percent
Here’s some excepts from an excellent a16z podcast with Chris Power, founder of Hadrian which is building the software-enabled factory of the future: Chris Power: […]
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Podcast: Getting weapons into production with USD A&S Bill LaPlante
The Undersecretary for Acquisition & Sustainment (USD A&S) Bill LaPlante joined us at the 2022 Conference hosted by George Mason University and Defense Acquisition University. […]
Are multiyear contracts really a super-saver in acquisition?
Bill Greenwalt and Mackenzie Eaglen advocate for greater use of multiyear contracting to help solve supply chain troubles and pricing in an inflationary environment. Here’s […]
DoD’s requirements process falling short: The case of explosive materials
Michienzi said the U.S. industrial base does not have the surge capacity to replenish munitions stocks quickly, and one of the constraints is the production […]
Could blockchain help solve JADC2’s composability problem?
Here’s Naval Ravikant’s response to a question from Tim Ferriss on the meaning of “composable” in the context of crypto and software development: The beauty […]
The effect of the “weapon systems” concept on the defense supplier base
In 1955, for example, Fortune magazine reported that United Aircraft dealt directly with as many as 7,000 subcontractors and suppliers and North American with 10,000. […]
Senator Sullivan: DoD acquisition is one of our “biggest vulnerabilities… It’s hurting us”
Senator Tim Kaine. It might be productive for the committee to have hits and failures of recent acquisition programs and get the DOD to tell […]
Podcast: Blockchain’s potential for government with SIMBA Chain’s Joel Neidig
Joel Neidig joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss how blockchain technology can support the military across a wide range of use-cases including […]
Is the time right for the Pentagon to lean in on Blockchain?
… the Advancing Blockchain Act directs the Federal Trade Commission and the Commerce Secretary to collaboratively investigate the decentralized, distributed ledger technology over the next two […]
Rich-contextual capitalism and blockchain transparency
I am of the perspective that what we currently have is information-poor capitalism. We all agree that markets are really good at making decisions, but […]