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A study by the National Academy of Public Administration sounded the alarm over missile defense gaps and recommended ways to shore it up, as argued below by two figures who worked closely on it.
By Bill Greenwalt and Roger Kodat
In the last year, 37 nations have combined to announce defense spending increases of over $1 trillion, to be spent during the next five years, according to a new American Enterprise Institute analysis.
By Bill Greenwalt and Emily Coletta
The decision comes more than a year after Mike Brown withdrew his nomination for DoD’s top acquisition role due to concerns over how long the investigation would take.
By Jaspreet Gill “DoD, through its neglect, is turning its back on the disruptive opportunities from the commercial and non-traditional innovation sector,” warns Bill Greenwalt of AEI.
By Bill Greenwalt
When Australia, the US and UK announced a new pacific-focused defense agreement last month, it was hard not to notice that the deal excluded the other two members of the Five Eyes intelligence agreement. Local media in Canada certainly seized on it to raise questions about Ottawa’s standing in the world. Bill Greenwalt, a member…
By Bill Greenwalt
“It’s quite possible that if [the government] doesn’t get this right, then none of those companies will want to do business with government,” defense acquisition expert Bill Greenwalt told Breaking Defense. “That’s extremely problematic.”
By Brad D. Williams
Military innovation and savings: Go commercial
DoD uses FAR Part 12 acquisitions to save hundreds of millions of dollars in “of a type” systems like civil landing systems with applicability to military aircraft.
Bill Greenwalt argues the US needs to increase its current level of defense spending by 3% to 5% a year in real terms, because China, our principal geostrategic competitor, is already outspending us on defense and time is not on our side. Greenwalt comes to this conclusion by claiming that in estimating the size of…
By Lawrence Korb
Industry is excited about the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle. Congress and the Biden Administration are a harder sell.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Despite reforms, the Pentagon and Congress have failed to break out of a Cold War, central-planning model that’s stifled innovation.
By Bill Greenwalt
“DIU is punching above its weight and having an impact beyond its size,” acquisition guru Bill Greenwalt says. “Still, that will not be enough…. Unless the rest of the Department and Congress learns these lessons, we will continue to fall behind China.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Other Transaction Authority awards have soared 712 percent since 2015, helping jumpstart R&D, including on COVID vaccines. But now the Space Force’s OTAs have been derailed by a court case against contractor NSTXL – and the whole OTA system is under fire.
By Theresa Hitchens
Like JEDI, DEOS is a multi-billion dollar cloud program held up for months by protests from losing bidders. This morning, the Pentagon reaffirmed General Dynamics as the winner, but cut the contract’s estimated value nearly in half.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Industry and Congress were deeply skeptical of the Army’s suggestion to enter a government design team in the OMFV competition. Now the Army has backed off.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
In this op-ed, Bill Greenwalt of AEI pushes back on Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro’s recent criticisms of industry.
By William C. Greenwalt