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DoD’s intellectual property debate in two minutes

July 23, 2021 Eric Lofgren 4

Mandy Smithberger [POGO]: Something that the department’s starting to emphasize more that I hope congress will support is that we get the intellectual property rights […]

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Value based pricing and how the DOD misunderstands cost

June 19, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

TransDigm uses a value based pricing technique. What I mean by that is that the price of the product or service is based on the […]

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DOD scandal of the week: taking candy from a baby

May 17, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

A review of a sample of parts TransDigm Group sold the military revealed the company made excess profit ranging from 17% to 4,451% on 46 of 47 […]

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