by petemodi | Jan 10, 2023 | Contracting, Innovation, Rapid Acquisition
Disrupting Acquisition Blog OTAs are A-OK As DoD increases the use of Other Transactions (OTs) for greater speed and flexibility to acquire innovative technologies, it is important to assess how these agreements are working out, and ensure continuous improvement in...
by petemodi | May 4, 2022 | Contracting, Innovation, NDAA, Rapid Acquisition
Disrupting Acquisition Blog SASC Hearing on the Defense Industrial Base The SASC recently held a hearing on the Health of the Defense Industrial Base. The witnesses were Ms. Ellen Lord, former USD(A&S) and President/CEO of Textron Systems and Mr. David Berteau,...
by ltedder | Apr 6, 2021 | Contracting
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Incentivizing Emerging Technologies in Contracts We are in that transition time where the technologies of tomorrow are emerging but not yet fully adopted. Transition times are difficult. The old way of doing business or gathering data or...
by ltedder | Mar 3, 2021 | Contracting
Disrupting Acquisition Blog What’s Wrong with Making Contracting Shops Compete? Every few months, someone comes up with this crazy-brilliant new idea to have buying offices, aka Contracting shops, compete for workload to see who can get the job done best, with...
by ltedder | Sep 24, 2019 | Contracting
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Turning Fiscal Year End Moans into Better Plans It’s 11 PM on Fiscal Year Eve. Do you know where your contracts are? It’s just as well. If you work for the Department of Defense, you probably won’t be reading this until the next fiscal year...
by ltedder | Sep 16, 2019 | Contracting
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Dr. Griffin Can Procure More of His Christmas List! The Department of Defense now has a new authority to rapidly acquire 5G, apps, cyber, phones, IoT, satellites, cloud, encryption, AR/VR, AI, robotics, and autonomy. Expansion of a...
