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Each year the DoD David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Awards recognize the accomplishments of programs and teams that have helped advance the National Defense Strategy and support the…

Hear Government and Industry perspectives on how contract surveillance is practiced today and what those in defense acquisition can do to better understand industry and improve collaboration. …

The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is responsible for protecting and defending U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific. How can Defense Acquisition better help them in responding to contingencies, deterring…

The actor Jack Nicholson said, "You can follow the action, which gets you good pictures. You can follow your instincts, which will probably get you in trouble. Or, you can follow the money,…

"Freaking out--To lose or cause to lose emotional control from extreme excitement, shock, fear, joy, despair, etc." ~dictionary.comCould the U.S. lose a war with China? Should we freak out…

Description: The 21 IS Intel Operations Flight Squadron will be providing an UNCLASSIFIED brief covering a multitude of threats to the acquisition community and the DoD from Russia, Iran, North…

Description: DoD's supply chains are vital to U.S. national security and defense strategy objectives. Our adversaries are mapping the supply chains of our weapon systems to degrade our…

In a finite game, there is a clearly defined end point and there are winners and losers. In an infinite game, all parties are working to keep the game in play. There are no winners or losers, but…

Description: What does the ongoing Great Power Competition mean for defense acquisition? Traditional approaches are no longer enough to keep pace. This panel discusses how the competition is…

Given the principles of the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA), you will understand the benefits of following a MOSA.  Understand the importance of reference architectures as the foundation of…

The Honorable Frank Kendall, USD(AT&L), keynote speaker at the DAU Acquisition Training Symposium discusses BBP Principle 7, Competition.