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Difference between operations research and systems analysis — one is much harder!

July 22, 2020 Eric Lofgren 1

Since operations research deals with optimization problems in which criteria, alternatives, and other parameters are given, in a sense, the solution to the problem lies […]

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No more one-horse races for weapon systems

August 30, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

Programs like MBT-70, C-5A, and the F-111 get defended before Congress and the American public-whatever their problems in performance, cost, and schedule slippages-simply because the […]

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What is the slogan for acquisition reform?

March 4, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

At the Air Force “Spark Tank” innovation award — presumably titled after CNBC’s Shark Tank show — Mark Cuban asks a young innovative airman why […]

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Strategies for R&D contracting

December 29, 2018 Eric Lofgren 0

Parenthetically we may note that CPFF contracts might be used more effectively than they have been in R&D work. Rather than concentrating on the final […]

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