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E4 - How the Pentagon Buys Stuff

Jan 15, 2023

01:25:52

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The Cost Analysis Requires a Cost Analysis, Right?

03:18

MCA Rapid Prototyping for the F 15 EX

04:48

The Middle Tier of Acquisition Pathway

01:31

Introduction

2min

The Defense Acquisition Expert Podcast - I'm a Nerd and Like to See a Speed

6min

Do You Have a Requirement?

3min

The Defense Acquisition Decision Support System (DACS)

2min

What's in the Contract?

3min

Program Management in Acquisitions and Acquisitions Is a Little Bit Different Than DARPA

5min

Acquisition Strategy - What's the Difference Between Service Level and Joint Equity?

3min

Joint Interoperability Test Command - JP F Joint Direct Attack

3min

The Acquisition Decision Memorandum

4min

10.

How Much Should an iPhone 27 Cost?

2min

11.

The Cost Analysis Requires a Cost Analysis, Right?

3min

12.

Pbbe

2min

13.

Do We Need Military Judgment to Make Weapons Systems Choice?

2min

14.

Oversight Is Great, but Sometimes It's Not

4min

15.

MTA's Middle Tier of Awesome Acquisition

2min

16.

What Is an MTA?

2min

17.

The Middle Tier of Acquisition Pathway

2min

18.

Isn't the M-Dap the Biggest?

6min

19.

B2D2 Engines

3min

20.

MTA Rapid Fielding - Is That Something Bad About MTA?

4min

21.

Microsoft HoloLens

2min

22.

The MTA for Rapid Fielding

3min

23.

MTA vs F 15 EX - What's the Difference?

2min

24.

MCA Rapid Prototyping for the F 15 EX

5min

25.

Arrow - It's More Than One.

4min

26.

Why Shouldn't We Be Predicting the Future?

3min

27.

The Rewarding and the Ridiculous Story

4min

Mike hosts defense acquisition experts Eric Lofgren and Matt MacGregor to better understand just how hard it is for the US military to buy stuff. We also discuss a shortcut called a Middle Tier Acquisition (MTA), along with some examples you’ve probably heard of: B-52 engines, F-15EX fighter jets, and hypersonic missiles.

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* Eric contact https://www.linkedin.com/in/elofgren/

* Eric’s Acquisition Talk https://acquisitiontalk.com

* Matt contact https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-macgregor77/

* Matt’s op-ed https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2022/09/get-know-middle-tier-awesomeer-acquisition/377017/

* Pentagon Wars (full movie) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir0FAa8P2MU

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