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Acquisition Talk

Eric Lofgren

A podcast on the management, technology, and political-economy of weapon systems acquisition.

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Programmed to Fail - 10. Culture 2023-02-19 · 50m
Programmed to Fail - 9. Cost 2023-02-19 · 69m
The state of Navy unmanned with Dorothy Engelhardt 2023-02-19 · 56m
Programmed to Fail - 8. Competition 2023-02-18 · 76m
Programmed to Fail - 7. Complexity 2023-02-16 · 72m
Programmed to Fail - 6. Innovation 2023-02-13 · 85m
Programmed to Fail - 5. Contracting 2023-02-12 · 47m
Programmed to Fail - 4. Planning-Programming-Budgeting 2023-02-11 · 58m
Programmed to Fail - 3. Systems Analysis 2023-02-09 · 49m
Programmed to Fail - 1. Unification & 2. Program Budgeting 2023-02-07 · 29m
China's surveillance balloon over the United States 2023-02-05 · 40m
Programmed To Fail - Introduction 2023-01-31 · 39m
No time to waste in defense innovation with BMNT's Pete Newell 2023-01-24 · 42m
NatSec News: Jan 10, 2023 2023-01-11 · 68m
The next generation of defense primes with Matt Steckman and Trae Stephens 2023-01-03 · 57m
Event: USD R&E priorities for defense tech with Heidi Shyu 2022-12-27 · 52m
NatSec News: Dec. 23, 2022 2022-12-23 · 50m
Event: Managing portfolios to bridge DoD's valley of death 2022-12-19 · 53m
NatSec News: Dec 7, 2022 2022-12-15 · 54m
In the fight: Scaling AI/ML in defense with Colin Carroll 2022-12-07 · 85m
Creating Innovation Navigators with Sabra Horne 2022-11-30 · 55m
PPBE Reform with Ellen Lord and Michael Brown 2022-11-19 · 56m
NatSec News: Nov. 11, 2022 2022-11-17 · 38m
Getting Weapons Into Production With USD A&S Bill LaPlante 2022-11-10 · 59m
NatSec News: Nov 1, 2022 2022-11-02 · 59m
Industrial policy to counter China with Emily de la Bruyere 2022-10-28 · 46m
NatSec News: Oct 25, 2022 2022-10-26 · 56m
Military AI/ML in China and the United States with Greg Allen 2022-10-05 · 61m
NatSec News: Sep. 27, 2022 2022-09-28 · 47m
The power of the industry consortium with Stephanie Halcrow and Moshe Schwartz 2022-09-20 · 53m
NatSec News: Sep. 13, 2022 2022-09-14 · 64m
What it takes in acquisition to deter China with Matt MacGregor, Greg Grant, and Pete Modigliani 2022-09-04 · 77m
NatSec News: Aug 19 2022 2022-08-19 · 44m
SBIR mills, dual-use tech, and the case for reform with Ben Van Roo 2022-08-16 · 56m
NatSec News: Aug. 8, 2022 2022-08-03 · 55m
Strategic planning and digital transformation with John Whitley 2022-07-27 · 63m
NatSec News: July 26, 2022 2022-07-27 · 59m
NatSec News: July 14, 2022 2022-07-15 · 32m
Risk taking, commercial tech, and the ARCI program with Bill Johnson 2022-06-30 · 99m
NatSec News: June 28, 2022 2022-06-29 · 60m
NatSec News: June 22, 2022 2022-06-23 · 46m
Problem areas in small business set-asides with Amanda & Alex Bresler 2022-06-16 · 55m
NatSec News: June 14, 2022 2022-06-15 · 55m
NatSec News: June 7, 2022 2022-06-08 · 67m
New approaches to intellectual property with Babak Siavoshy 2022-05-30 · 71m
Event: Aligning government contracts with agile software -- Acquisition NEXT 2022-05-19 · 64m
NatSec News: May 17, 2022 2022-05-18 · 59m
Bringing startups and government together with Andrea Garrity 2022-05-11 · 67m
NatSec News: May 10, 2022 2022-05-11 · 78m
Acquiring DoD As A Customer: Roundtable Discussion 2022-05-03 · 60m
NatSec News: Apr. 19, 2022 2022-04-20 · 51m
NatSec News: Apr. 12, 2022 2022-04-13 · 48m
NatSec News: Apr. 4, 2022 2022-04-06 · 62m
NatSec News: Mar. 22, 2022 2022-03-23 · 40m
NatSec News: Mar. 14, 2022 2022-03-15 · 49m
Event: Opening programs to modularity and iteration -- Acquisition NEXT 2022-03-09 · 65m
NatSec News: Feb. 28, 2022 2022-03-01 · 64m
NatSec News: Feb. 28 2022 2022-03-01 · 64m
Commercial space, venture, and DoD with Jordan Noone and Jenna Bryant 2022-02-24 · 63m
NatSec News: Feb. 22, 2022 2022-02-23 · 70m
Event: Securing the MRAP 2022-02-09 · 73m
NatSec News: Feb. 8, 2022 2022-02-08 · 35m
NatSec News: Feb. 1, 2022 2022-02-02 · 45m
DoD, Silicon Valley & American Dynamism with Katherine Boyle 2022-01-27 · 42m
NatSec News: Jan. 24, 2022 2022-01-25 · 66m
NatSec News: Jan. 17, 2021 2022-01-18 · 68m
NatSec News: Jan. 10, 2022 2022-01-11 · 49m
NatSec News: Jan 5. 2022 2022-01-06 · 36m
Event: Other Transactions Authority 2022-01-05 · 49m
NatSec News: Dec. 27, 2021 2021-12-28 · 68m
Injecting tech into today's weapons with John Ferrari 2021-12-14 · 86m
NatSec News Roundup: Dec. 6, 2021 2021-12-07 · 59m
NatSec News Roundup: Nov. 29, 2021 2021-11-30 · 67m
NatSec News Roundup: Nov. 22, 2021 2021-11-23 · 51m
NatSec News Roundup: Nov. 15, 2021 2021-11-16 · 46m
NatSec News Roundup: Nov. 10, 2021 2021-11-11 · 54m
NatSec News Roundup with The Merge: Nov. 3, 2021 2021-11-04 · 60m
The next generation of combat UAVs with Joseph Murray and Andrew Van Timmeren 2021-10-28 · 75m
NatSec News Roundup: Oct. 25, 2021 2021-10-26 · 51m
NatSec News Roundup: Oct. 18, 2021 2021-10-19 · 66m
A clean-sheet approach to Space Force acquisition with Cynthia Cook and William Shelton 2021-10-12 · 68m
NatSec News Roundup: Oct. 4, 2021 2021-10-05 · 60m
Mach 5 aircraft and deep tech contracting with Hermeus CEO AJ Piplica 2021-09-28 · 64m
NatSec News Roundup with The Merge: Sep. 27, 2021 2021-09-28 · 68m
NatSec News Roundup: Sep. 21, 2021 2021-09-22 · 53m
Commercial item acquisition with Phil Jasper 2021-09-15 · 49m
NatSec News Roundup: Sep. 14, 2021 2021-09-15 · 44m
NatSec News Roundup: Sep. 7, 2021 2021-09-08 · 52m
Event: Getting more out of our defense dollars with Fred Bartels and Philip Candreva 2021-09-01 · 42m
NatSec News Roundup: Aug. 30, 2021 2021-08-31 · 61m
NatSec News Roundup: Aug. 23, 2021 2021-08-25 · 72m
Science & Technology for national security with Lisa Porter 2021-08-22 · 69m
NatSec News Roundup: Aug. 16, 2021 2021-08-17 · 66m
NatSec News Roundup: Aug. 9, 2021 2021-08-10 · 60m
The political-economy of defense with Russell Rumbaugh 2021-08-09 · 67m
NatSec News Roundup with The Merge: July 26, 2021 2021-07-27 · 62m
NatSec News Roundup: July 19, 2021 2021-07-20 · 49m
NatSec News Roundup: July 12, 2021 2021-07-13 · 60m
Event: What's the price of an AI/ML product? 2021-07-02 · 46m
NatSec News Roundup: June 28, 2021 2021-06-29 · 48m
NatSec News Roundup: June 21, 2021 2021-06-22 · 57m
Next steps in acquisition reform with Dan Ward, Pete Modigliani, and Matt MacGregor 2021-06-15 · 71m
NatSec News Roundup: June 6, 2021 (FY22 Budget Special) 2021-06-08 · 63m
NatSec News Roundup: May 24, 2021 2021-05-25 · 59m
Air Force fighters now and into the future with Mike Benitez 2021-05-22 · 71m
NatSec News Roundup: May 17, 2021 2021-05-19 · 58m
NatSec News Roundup: May 10, 2021 2021-05-11 · 72m
Event: The Productivity of Independent R&D 2021-05-10 · 50m
NatSec News Roundup: May 3, 2021 2021-05-04 · 57m
China's military, EVE online, and the future of combat with Thomas Shugart 2021-04-28 · 52m
NatSec News Roundup: April 26, 2021 2021-04-27 · 70m
NatSec News Roundup: April 19, 2021 2021-04-20 · 46m
Hacking 4 Defense with Steve Blank and Pete Newell 2021-04-15 · 50m
NetSec News Roundup: April 12, 2021 2021-04-13 · 61m
Event: PPBE Reform Panel 2 -- From Ideas to Implementation 2021-04-06 · 50m
NatSec News Roundup: April 5, 2021 2021-04-06 · 62m
Event: PPBE Reform Panel 1 -- Key Recommendations 2021-04-04 · 50m
NatSec News Roundup: March 29, 2021 2021-03-30 · 60m
Affecting the strategic calculus with Michele Flournoy 2021-03-23 · 38m
eVTOL, Agility Prime, and AFWERX with Col. Nathan Diller 2021-03-15 · 53m
Mission Resilience with Trey Herr and Simon Handler 2021-03-07 · 35m
Big questions in defense acquisition with Col. Bryon McClain 2021-02-07 · 90m
How innovation really works with Anne Marie Knott 2021-02-01 · 69m
Great Power Competition with Richard Danzig 2020-12-29 · 55m
Risk, cost, and project management with Christian Smart 2020-12-15 · 68m
Digital acquisition with Bryon Kroger and Matt Nelson 2020-12-07 · 82m
Tech competition in China and the United States with Michael Brown 2020-11-21 · 47m
Event: Intellectual property in defense contracts 2020-11-12 · 79m
Navy shipyards and defense supply chains with Maiya Clark 2020-10-18 · 52m
An aviator's perspective on AlphaDogfight, NGAD, and beyond with Ryan "Stinger" Fishel 2020-10-05 · 61m
Defense Budget Reform with Katharina McFarland, Bill Greenwalt, and Bob Daigle 2020-09-13 · 76m
Blockchain's potential for government with SIMBA Chain's Joel Neidig 2020-08-30 · 56m
JADC2 and decision-centric warfare with Dan Patt and Bryan Clark 2020-08-23 · 68m
OTAs and everything else with Ben McMartin 2020-08-15 · 57m
Analyzing the defense industrial base with Amanda Bresler and Alex Bresler 2020-07-19 · 82m
How AFWERX transitions tech with Chris Benson, Steve Lauver, and Jason Rathje 2020-07-05 · 91m
Revamping the way we think about defense with Steve Blank 2020-06-14 · 54m
The legal side of procurement with Alexander Canizares 2020-06-02 · 51m
Problem curation and lean methodology with Pete Newell 2020-05-10 · 47m
Defense management reform with Peter Levine 2020-04-23 · 53m
The future of Navy software development with Lt. Sean Lavelle 2020-04-15 · 62m
SOFWERX, innovation, and early adoption with Tambrein Bates 2020-04-07 · 46m
Speed, thrift, and simplicity with Dan Ward 2020-03-30 · 58m
Special: Covid-19 impact on government contracting with Jerry McGinn 2020-03-26 · 33m
Leaping the valley of death with Matt Steckman 2020-03-11 · 48m
China's approach to military tech with Tate Nurkin 2020-03-04 · 45m
All about Other Transactions Authority (OTAs) with Richard Dunn 2020-02-16 · 62m
Getting the culture right with Soraya Correa 2020-02-03 · 54m
Russia's military procurement with Richard Connolly 2020-01-10 · 81m
Agents of Innovation with John Kuehn 2019-12-23 · 90m
Mosaic warfare, strategy, and the digital century series with Lt. Gen. David Deptula (ret.) 2019-12-02 · 50m
Software-defined, hardware-based adaptable systems with Andrew Hunter 2019-11-24 · 92m
The defense industry, intellectual property, the B-21, and more with James Hasik 2019-11-14 · 93m
Dropping Taylorism and adopting mission command with Don Vandergriff 2019-10-26 · 69m
The history and sciences of R&D policy with Will Thomas 2019-10-04 · 117m
Weapons sustainment and CBO analyses with Edward Keating 2019-08-19 · 75m
The military space reorg. and everything else with Todd Harrison 2019-08-06 · 91m
Technology strategies and architecture with Bruce Cameron 2019-07-25 · 46m
People, process, and delegation with Capt. Mark Vandroff (ret.) 2019-06-26 · 66m
Panel: From the Lab to the Battlefield 2019-05-28 · 48m
Learning by decision-forcing case studies with Bruce Gudmundsson 2019-04-09 · 63m
Lockheed Martin and the Military-Industrial Complex with William Hartung 2019-03-23 · 51m
Organizing for technology change with Mark Mandeles (part 2) 2019-02-12 · 55m
System design principles with Mark Mandeles(part 1) 2019-02-04 · 57m
The V-22 program development with Richard Whittle 2019-01-10 · 82m
Contracting, innovation, and acquisition improvement with Victor Deal 2018-12-21 · 65m
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