OTA Prototyping Nearly Triples To $3.7B: GAO
Reformers like Air Force acquisitions chief Will Roper have seized on Other Transactions Authority contracts as a way to bypass bureaucracy and jumpstart innovation.
F-35 To F-22: Can We Talk? Finally, The Answer Is Yes
Next month, the Air Force will start rapid-fire field tests of new network tech, including a long-delayed secure datalink between its two stealth fighters.
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Streamcaster Nexus: Empowering the connected soldier at the tactical edge
On today’s battlefield, mobility isn’t optional - it’s mission-critical.
Innovation IS The New Battlefield: Roper
"It's not enough to develop and procure systems anymore. We've got to get in the business of of buying ideas and generating ideas," says Air Force acquisition czar Will Roper.
SMC Offers To Help Speed Deals For SDA
The Space & Missile Systems Center’s Space Enterprise Consortium has been so successful at providing competitive prototypes, fast, that SMC wants to expand its scope dramatically.
Army Seeks AI, Robotics For Grunts
Innovators! You have until Aug. 23 to submit white papers on how to make the future infantry squad “10 times more effective.”
Tell Joint AI Center Your Cyber Defense Idea — In 99 Words Or Less
And make it snappy: The deadline is July 26th.
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How the “Doomsday Plane” contract highlights the rise of mid-tier primes
Midsized companies can offer flexibility and agility while keeping intellectual property in the hands of the government.
Roper Calls For New Air Force Planes Every Five Years; Recalls X Plane Days
PARIS AIR SHOW: During an unusual public appearance in the US Chalet, Will Roper called for a large expansion in the number of companies doing business with the Air Force so more new planes can be built — and be built much more quickly as was done in the 1950s and ’60s when a new […]
NDAA 2020: SASC Emphasizes Tech Race With China
The senators' draft of the annual defense bill puts a new emphasis on technological competition, including industrial policy moves to strengthen US companies.
SOCOM Pivots Toward Great Power Competition
The Pentagon's new Special Ops leader is looking to the defense industry for help in meeting peer adversaries, but he also has a bone to pick.
BAE Makes Big Bet On Small Companies: FAST Labs
"This is not based on ownership. We leave them their freedom."
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Why enterprise IT modernization matters now – and how to “delight by design”
Do more with less: streamline workflows, reduce duplication, invest upfront to save long-term.
“You Have To Be Willing To Bleed A Little Bit”: Roper On Innovation
BOSTON: “It’s like running through a briar patch naked,” Will Roper said of trying to bring start-up companies into the service’s contracting model to keep apace of commercial innovation. “You have to be willing to bleed a little bit,” Roper, the Air Force’s top acquisition official told me in an interview last Thursday, after watching 10 newborn […]
Let The (War) Games Begin: Army Buying High-Tech Training Sims
After decades using the same clunky simulators, the Army is about to buy new sims drawing on the latest innovations in online gaming.
Failure IS An Option: Army Gen. Murray
The Army must take risks to modernize, the Futures Command chief said, and the modernization effort will survive the inevitable failures along the way.
No Regrets On JEDI Cloud: DDS Chief Chris Lynch
The famously hoodie-clad founder of the Defense Digital Service defends his legacy as he prepares to hand over the helm.