Steve Blank
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Today’s topic was Acquisition and Sustainment and Modern War. Some of the readings for this week included How the DOD Acquires Weapons Systems , The Planning, Programming and Budgeting Process , Acquisition Reform in the NDAA , Defense Primer on DOD Contractors , and on the Defense Industrial Base.
Steve Blank
JANUARY 18, 2022
It may be the hedge we need to deter China in the South China Sea. was fighting Al-Qaeda and ISIS, China built new weapons and developed new operational concepts to negate U.S. The sum of these Chinese offset strategies means that in the South China Sea the U.S. While You Were Out. military strengths. What To Do About It?
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Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
China is tightly integrating its defense establishment with startups, companies, and academia in “military-civilian fusion.” With Agile development, used by all startups, updates can occur in weeks or sometimes days, or even hours. The answer is that, yes, government agencies need to be more agile.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Acquisition, technology, and logistics. In some of our class sessions you’ve heard about how acquisition in the Department of Defense hasn’t kept up with new threats, adversaries, and new technologies. But Will Roper who runs Air Force acquisition, technology and logistics, gives lie to that assertion. The future is predictable.
Steve Blank
JANUARY 15, 2024
Despite the clear and present danger of threats from China and elsewhere, there’s no agreement on what types of adversaries we’ll face; how we’ll fight, organize, and train; and what weapons or systems we’ll need for future fights. China fielding naval, space and air assets in unprecedented numbers.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
China’s Anti-Satellite Demonstration. The next demarcation was 2007, when China launched a missile that blew up one of their own satellites into about 3000 pieces of debris. There are several lines of effort that we’re focusing on: We’re working to build the Space Force as a very Lean and Agile service.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
The Department of Defense has to decide which of these technologies and new weapons will be most important across these five: China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and non-nation states. And we need to do all of this with a finite defense budget, most of which is being spent on legacy systems in 88 major defense acquisition programs.
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