Stories by Jerry McGinn

It’s time to make a new international cooperation office within the Pentagon

It’s time to make a new international cooperation office within the Pentagon
It’s time to make a new international cooperation office within the Pentagon

In this op-ed, Jerry McGinn says the Senate Armed Services Committee should seriously consider the creation of a new office inside DoD for international cooperation.

How to use the ‘MRAP mindset’ to get US industrial base on a wartime footing

How to use the ‘MRAP mindset’ to get US industrial base on a wartime footing
How to use the ‘MRAP mindset’ to get US industrial base on a wartime footing

George Mason University’s Jerry McGinn argues in this op-ed that the Pentagon can move more quickly if it heeds lessons from a previous life-or-death acquisition story.

To help supply chain challenge, DoD should revive Second Sourcing in defense acquisition

To help supply chain challenge, DoD should revive Second Sourcing in defense acquisition
To help supply chain challenge, DoD should revive Second Sourcing in defense acquisition

The need to strengthen supply chains is creating an opportunity for the revival of second sourcing, a method used until the 1990s to secure defense supply chains, write Olivia Letts and Jerry McGinn.

America needs to grow its capacity to produce weapons. Here’s four steps to do it.

America needs to grow its capacity to produce weapons. Here’s four steps to do it.
America needs to grow its capacity to produce weapons. Here’s four steps to do it.

Former Pentagon official Jerry McGinn has a prescription for America’s production problems.

IP And Security: Two Thorny Challenges On The Innovation Journey

IP And Security: Two Thorny Challenges On The Innovation Journey
IP And Security: Two Thorny Challenges On The Innovation Journey

OPINION: When Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin signed the Department’s strategy for Joint All-Domain Command and Control, it officially kicked off a push towards open architectures, information sharing, and connected systems across the battlespace. But the capabilities to execute these concepts are often commercial, software-heavy, and do not fall neatly into existing budgeting processes. That…