Publicly available DoD contract data suggests the scale of some missing businesses.
It's possible we will see a spike in M&A activity as larger firms take over subcontractors and supply chain partners they deem systemically important.
The real valley of death is not funding; it’s transitioning.
Congress should block the Air Force’s budget-driven request to retire 32 of its F-22s, while providing the resources necessary for air superiority.
The eventual passing grade is actually secondary to the kind of progress driven by the audit.
While procurement numbers and fleet size are important, they are not a proxy for assessing warfighting prowess.
Suggestions that there is no need for a sea-based battle staff platform fly in the face of Cold War and recent history.
Zealous reformers continue to over-focus on weapons buys when hardware is increasingly the commodity.
Systemic barriers to innovation persist within the military’s acquisition system that prevent the adoption of emerging technology.
The Pentagon is woefully unprepared to integrate commercial technologies and private capital at scale.
The political fight over the U.S. federal debt ceiling makes the outcome for the fiscal 2024 defense budget difficult to predict. But we'll still try.
Given the political drama stemming from the FY24 budget request, it is worth investigating what’s not in the president's submission.
