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The Daily Scoop Podcast: October 1, 2021

The Daily Scoop Podcast: October 1, 2...

Debbie Lee James, Former Secretary of the Air Force and Chair of the Defense Business Board, joins the podcast to take a look at relationship between industry and the Department of Defense, and how that applies to modernization...

Space Force must build culture of risk tolerance to support acquisition, former Air Force secretary says

Space Force must build culture of ris...

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall plans to move the Space Acquisition Directorate into the Space Acquisition and Integration Office. That merger, effective immediately, could accelerate the pace of fielding new capabilities.

Former Air Force secretary suggests developing new framework to measure readiness

Former Air Force secretary suggests d...

Frank Kendall is the new nominee for Secretary of the Air Force. He served as Pentagon Acquisition Chief during the Obama administration. Deborah Lee James, Former Secretary of the Air Force, said the new Air Force secretary sh...

Defense Innovation Unit likely here to stay, says Former Secretary of the Air Force

Defense Innovation Unit likely here t...

The Defense Innovation Unit is celebrating its fifth birthday. DIU reports a total of 208 Other Transaction Authorities (legally binding instruments used for rapid research, prototyping and production projects) in its five-year...

Waiver for Lloyd Austin nomination passes the Senate

Waiver for Lloyd Austin nomination pa...

Deborah Lee James and Sean O’Keefe, Former Secretary of the U.S. Navy, discuss Lloyd Austin as defense secretary and Defense Department leadership under the Biden Administration

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