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Tech bros vs. munitions at scale — what is helping Ukraine?

November 9, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Here’s some good tweeting from Politico’s Lee Hudson on USD A&S Bill LaPlante’s keynote speech at the GMU-DAU Conference. A couple of the controversial points: […]

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What’s missing from analysis of competition in the defense industry?

February 22, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Since the 1990s, the defense sector has consolidated substantially, transitioning from 51 to 5 aerospace and defense prime contractors. As a result, DoD is increasingly […]

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