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Now They Figure It Out…

by | Jun 5, 2024 |

Too little and too late and once the smaller companies get Pentagon contracts, they will be destroyed in the Pentagon's Soviet acquisition system. “While the Armament Directorate remains committed to our highly-capable legacy products, we have become convinced that widening the aperture to include more non-traditional aerospace companies offers the best chance at accomplishing our cost-per-unit goals, project timeline, and production quantity goals,” Cassie Johnson, the armament directorate’s ETV program manager, said in the release. The open-architecture drone is to fly at least 500...

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The Frigate Follies Get Worse and Worse

by | Jun 4, 2024 |

Déjà vu, it's happening again. The surface navy failures manifested in the Littoral Combat Ship, the Zumwalt and the USS Ford will soon have another ship to add to that gallery of maritime incompetence that showcases the modern US Navy. I say again, construction started before all the design & modeling were complete, verified and validated. And I suspect the Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for this ship is not rational or mature. USNI News reported Navy officials said at one point the Constellation design shared about 85 percent commonality with the original Italian FREMM but that...

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Frigate Failure Follies

by | Jun 3, 2024 |

I am currently doing a podcast series on what appears to be a droll subject but it is critical to getting big projects right. If you can't articulate and create a rational and effective Concept of Operations, you will fail. Th Navy never disappoints in failure lately. They are trying to create a sterling track record of abysmal failure in ship design since the last success of the Arleigh Burke class, which was the last working ship the Navy completed to standard. The US Navy is now 36 months behind schedule and building a ship without designs completed. The Little Crappy Ship psychosis is...

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Ep 044 “CG Excursion Praxis: Rational Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) (Part One)”

by | Jun 3, 2024 |

I discuss a rather technical treatment of developing and using Concepts of Operations (CONOPS). This episode examines the timeless and tedious process of getting baselines and expectations right for small and large projects alike. References: Special Forces Detachment Mission Planning Guide GTA 31-01-003 January 2020 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STANDARD PRACTICE WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURES FOR DEFENSE MATERIEL ITEMS MILSTD 881F 13 May 2022 Cost of 13 NASA projects skyrocket due to improper reviews My Substack Email at cgpodcast@pm.me

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Four Star Admiral Slams Body Parts in the Cash Register

by | May 31, 2024 |

ADM Robert Burke arrested for corruption. This is on the heels of the Fat Leonard scandal. This is the tip of the iceberg in corruption. And remember this four star admiral retired with an estimated annual pension of approx 200k. 200,000 dollars a year. "Instead, the three met in 2021 to set up a situation in which Burke would use his influence as a Navy admiral to get the company a contract with the Navy, the release alleges. “They allegedly further agreed that Burke would use his official position to influence other Navy officers to award another contract to Company A to train a large...

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Wayback Snapshot: Japanese Invasion on American Soil

by | May 31, 2024 |

Yes, American soil has been invaded and occupied in the twentieth century. "In June 1942, the United States launched its first offensive in the Pacific, the Aleutian Campaign. From June 1942 to May 1943 Japan held the Island of Attu. The Battle of Attu took place May 11−30, 1943. With Canadian support, U.S. forces defeated Japanese forces in what was the second deadliest battle in the Pacific Theater. More than 3,000 Japanese and Americans died fighting on Attu. Attu: the Forgotten Battle, a new book by John Haile Cloe, explores that battle and its impact on the island. Aleutian Islands from...

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The US is the World Leader with No Pier

by | May 30, 2024 |

Yet another existential chaos avalanche in American foreign policy. The pier took two months and $350m to build, lasted 12 days, and delivered less than 60 trucks' worth of food (most of which was stolen after it reached Gaza) before it broke and had to be towed away for repairs. Think through the process: ships provide a mass delivery mechanism for cargo and the draft of a ship prevents it from getting close to shore hence the need for pier structures for off-loading and the US spends a third of of billion dollars for a temporary structure to facilitate the off-loading. Weather conditions...

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Drone Detection Balloon Destroyed by Drone

by | May 29, 2024 |

Unpossible! 230 million dollars for a balloon. Then the vaunted IDF says this: “Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, Israel’s military spokesman, confirmed that a Hezbollah drone had scored a direct hit on Sky Dew but added there were no casualties and that it “had no impact to the IDF's aerial situational awareness capability in the area”. If it had no impact, why use the 230 million dollar balloon? The aerostat was destroyed by a drone it was lofted to protect against. Israel has suffered a substantial setback to its surveillance capabilities after a Hezbollah drone struck a $230 million advanced...

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