Mackenzie Eaglen

Commentary

The Pentagon must pay for competition

Turns out, you can buy your way out of some problems. Competition is one of them.

Commentary

The Forge software factory is in need of stable resourcing

Congress needs to snatch victory from the jaws of technological defeat by committing to stable resourcing and leadership support for the solutions this capability generates.

Commentary

Vaccine mandate is last straw for US shipyards already facing labor shortages

The Pentagon and White House should provide more accommodations within its vaccination mandate to support strategically relevant firms as they make efforts to retain highly-skilled blue collar workers — particularly shipbuilders and maintainers.

The defense industry remains in dire straits. Congress must pass another relief package.

The additional costs to respond to COVID-19 were not part of the original contracts the companies are currently performing.

What the Pentagon should (and should not) get in the next stimulus bill

If the Pentagon and primes don’t take care of their suppliers and subcontractors, the defense-industrial base will contract again.

Commentary: Improved Army Acquisition Holds Lessons for Pentagon

Improved Army acquisition holds lessons for Pentagon Mackenzie Eaglen and Rick Berger At the core of the Army’s post-9/11 hollow buildup sits a significant procurement holiday created by wartime necessities and budgetary instability on top of the pre