The Merge

E4 - How the Pentagon Buys Stuff

Jan 15, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Defense Acquisition Expert Podcast - I'm a Nerd and Like to See a Speed
01:42 • 6min
3
Do You Have a Requirement?
07:17 • 3min
4
The Defense Acquisition Decision Support System (DACS)
10:04 • 2min
5
What's in the Contract?
12:07 • 3min
6
Program Management in Acquisitions and Acquisitions Is a Little Bit Different Than DARPA
15:29 • 5min
7
Acquisition Strategy - What's the Difference Between Service Level and Joint Equity?
20:06 • 3min
8
Joint Interoperability Test Command - JP F Joint Direct Attack
23:23 • 3min
9
The Acquisition Decision Memorandum
26:02 • 4min
10
How Much Should an iPhone 27 Cost?
30:28 • 2min
11
The Cost Analysis Requires a Cost Analysis, Right?
32:48 • 3min
12
Pbbe
36:05 • 2min
13
Do We Need Military Judgment to Make Weapons Systems Choice?
38:13 • 2min
14
Oversight Is Great, but Sometimes It's Not
40:36 • 4min
15
MTA's Middle Tier of Awesome Acquisition
44:37 • 2min
16
What Is an MTA?
46:16 • 2min
17
The Middle Tier of Acquisition Pathway
48:15 • 2min
18
Isn't the M-Dap the Biggest?
49:46 • 6min
19
B2D2 Engines
55:33 • 3min
20
MTA Rapid Fielding - Is That Something Bad About MTA?
58:32 • 4min
21
Microsoft HoloLens
01:03:01 • 2min
22
The MTA for Rapid Fielding
01:04:34 • 3min
23
MTA vs F 15 EX - What's the Difference?
01:07:16 • 2min
24
MCA Rapid Prototyping for the F 15 EX
01:09:35 • 5min
25
Arrow - It's More Than One.
01:14:23 • 4min
26
Why Shouldn't We Be Predicting the Future?
01:17:57 • 3min
27
The Rewarding and the Ridiculous Story
01:21:25 • 4min