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F-35 Program Manager says DoD must avoid past mistakes, own the technical baseline

June 7, 2022 Eric Lofgren 5

This is perhaps the most interesting part from the April 2022 HASC hearing on F-35 sustainment. Representative Waltz asked Lt. Gen. Eric Fick, PEO for […]

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Why the defense industry competes for “required” systems where 80-90% of the cost is preset

November 9, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Here is Robert J. Judson, Adjunct Prof at NPS, at a 1975 congressional hearing: You will see, if you look next at all of the […]

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