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Eric Lofgren
Personal blog · acquisitiontalk.compoliticseconomics
Eric Lofgren writes Acquisition Talk, a personal blog at acquisitiontalk.com about politics and economics. Since 2018, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Acquisition Talk for its coverage of US defense acquisition and the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process, including barriers facing startups selling to the Pentagon.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I'm Eric Lofgren, and I created the Acquisition Talk blog and podcast to advocate improving the defense acquisition system
What Hacker News says?
Just realized that the "blogs" category in my Feedly has 347 entries in it, and about half of them haven't published in more than 3 months. Here are some that are prolific and good: https://marginalrevolution.com/ Marginal Revolution: wide-ranging and prolific blog about economics and culture. https://evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com Anecdotal Evidence: well-written personal blog, mostly observations on books. https:/…
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on “Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?”Submitted China's weapons acquisition cycle 5-6x faster than the United States as a story · 24 points
HN discussionNo idea whether you're right about eg aircraft carriers and drones but on what I think is your core point... > The biggest one is the top down ossification in the US military where aged milpols (military politicians) with old ideas and low mental capacity are in charge of all R&D as well as purchasing. ...I've been enjoying a little window into this sort of debate by reading https://acquisitiontalk.com/
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on “Jeff Bezos warns US military it risks losing tech supremacy”Submitted What can we learn from Eric Schmidt and apply to defense acquisition? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionAcquisition Talk blog spends a lot of attention towards fixing the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, Execution process in defense. There are many barriers for startups, the big one is getting the right amount of funding at the right time. It looks like creating the office of strategic capital is an attempt to solve this problem. Expect the defense majors, Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon to lobby against this hard. https:…
Comment linking /2022/08/does-dod-not-actually-want-startups-to-win-programs-of-record/
on “Pentagon Woos Silicon Valley to Join Ranks of Arms Makers”Submitted DoD Acquisitions Chief on challenges scaling production for Ukraine as a story · 1 points
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