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Jul06

Joint Strike Fighter – Construction Begins

In my last blog on this subject, “JSF – DoD’s Largest International Acquisition Program – Genesis,” we explored how the program was conceived and created by DoD and Air Force leaders in the early-to-mid 1990s as an international cooperative prog ...[Read More]
Published: Jul-06-16 | 0 Comments

Jan12

The Five Myths of Tech Security/Foreign Disclosure and Export Control

As we all welcome the New Year it’s worth spending a few minutes addressing the challenging (and often vexing) International Acquisition and Exportability (IA&E) competency of Technology Security/Foreign Disclosure (TSFD) and Export Control ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-12-16 | 1 Comment

Nov23

JSF – DoD’s Largest International Acquisition Program – Genesis

Most DoD acquisition professionals – in fact, most anyone who pays any attention to DoD acquisition at all - has heard of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.  After all, it is currently DoD’s largest acquisition effort, and likely will conti ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-23-15 | 1 Comment

Sep16

International Acquisition and Organizational/Bureaucratic Politics

My most recent blogs have described a unique conceptual framework -- the “unified field theory” of international acquisition – and discussed how the acquisition workforce could use this theory to help plan and implement mutually beneficial defen ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-16-15 | 0 Comments

Jul24

Practical Application of the “Unified Field Theory” of International Acquisition

For defense acquisition practitioners, theoretical constructs often provide a useful framework for problem solving in the workplace.  Hopefully the “unified field theory” of international acquisition -- which I outlined in my last blog -- provid ...[Read More]
Published: Jul-24-15 | 0 Comments

Jun23

The “Unified Field Theory” of International Acquisition

One of my DAU colleagues and I recently had the good fortune to attend an Association of Old Crows (AOC) Symposium on the topic of International Acquisition and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) in Electronic Warfare.   Ever since the GSA “confere ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-23-15 | 0 Comments

Mar05

Acquisition Reform and the "Bicycle Theory"

A lot of media reporting on defense in recent months has once again focused on how the U.S. should reform what is often called a “broken” defense acquisition system.   For those of us who have been in the defense acquisition profession for awhile ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-05-15 | 0 Comments

Jan20

IA&E in the DoDI 5000.02

“It’s a wrap” - the final version of DoDI 5000.02 was issued on January 7, 2015 and (as anticipated) Int'l Acquisition & Exportability (IA&E) is part of it! The DoD Acquisition Workforce (DAW) – supported by the Int'l Acquisition Commun ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-20-15 | 0 Comments

Nov14

Rhetoric versus Reality in International Acquisition & Exportability (IA&E)

One of the major challenges faced by the DoD Acquisition Workforce – and for that matter, government employees in general – is the challenge of sorting out the difference between the laws, regulations, policies we are obligated learn about and f ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-14-14 | 0 Comments

Sep10

DoD International Acquisition Career Path (IACP) Expansion

The International Acquisition and Exportability (IA&E) responsibilities of the DoD acquisition workforce have steadily increased over the past several years since most DoD acquisition programs are engaged in IA&E activities of some kind. ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-10-14 | 0 Comments

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