Ken LarsonApr 3, 20233 min readAustralian Startup Is U.S. Defense Innovation Unit Hypersonics’ Pick“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Colin Clark “A small Australian company has beaten out 62 competitors that include major US defense primes for a...
Ken LarsonApr 2, 20231 min readANNOUNCING THE MINNESOTA SPRING Vermilion River Trail - Hastings, Minnesota (click the link and the pic for closeup view) https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armamen...
Ken LarsonApr 2, 20235 min readUS Left Vietnam 50 Yrs Ago This Week – Questions Must Be Asked Today Regarding Military Intervention“THE HILL” By Bill Rivers “Are we as a people — all 330 million or so of us, with all our divergent opinions, economic needs and...
Ken LarsonApr 2, 20234 min readWhat Are VA Medical and Disability Benefits, and How Do You Get Them?MILITARY.COM By Jim Absher “You may know that veterans may be eligible for free medical care and payments for disabilities, but exactly...
Ken LarsonMar 31, 20235 min readSecurity And Your Supply Chain: Five Steps To Take Right Now“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Edward Tuorinsky “Government contractors and companies in the defense industrial base are on the hook to help...
Ken LarsonMar 30, 20234 min read2023 Omnibus Appropriations Act Increases Funding For DOD Science And Technology Programs“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Cari Shearer and Jacob Winn “Science-and-technology programs received more than $22 billion in direct...
Ken LarsonMar 29, 20232 min readGovernment Buyers Say “Forget The Fluff”“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Nick Wakeman , Editor In Chief “Air Force small business advocate told an industry audience to “forget the...
Ken LarsonMar 28, 20231 min readAbout Federal Government Contract Types“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “In contracting for supplies and services the federal government utilizes several different contract types....
Ken LarsonMar 27, 20235 min readPentagon And Small Business Administration (SBA) Team For Tech InvestmentJason Rathje, director of the new Office of Strategic Capital (OSC), speaks at CSIS. (screen capture of CSIS video) CLICK IMAGE TO...
Ken LarsonMar 26, 20231 min readEYESWhite Tail Deer - Vermillion River Trail - Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/52770578050/in/dateposte...
Ken LarsonMar 26, 20236 min readInterventions, “Special Operations” And The Growth Of The World’s Military Industrial ComplexesView and Search The Vietnam Conflict “Wall of Faces” https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ Vietnam was not a declared war. It was an...
Ken LarsonMar 25, 20233 min readVA To Change Its Motto, Dropping Male-Only Language “MILITARY TIMES” By Leo Shane III, Deputy Editor “Veterans Affairs leaders are changing the department’s mission statement from the...
Ken LarsonMar 24, 20235 min readU.S. Gets An ‘F’ For Erratic, Unfocused Funding Of Defense Innovation, Says Reagan Foundation“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. “A ponderous budget process, overspending on old tech, and chronically late appropriations...
Ken LarsonMar 23, 20234 min readThree Strategies To Avoid Digital Modernization Stall-Outs“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” By Kyle Tuberson “Focus on key areas: earning worker buy-in, establishing strong communication across the...
Ken LarsonMar 22, 20231 min readINSIGHTS – Using Weighted Guidelines Profit Determination In Government Contract NegotiationsImage: Skyway AcquisitionWeighted Guidelines “SMALLTOFEDS” – By Ken Larson “Understanding the weighted guidelines method can assist in...
Ken LarsonMar 21, 20234 min readThe ‘Freedom Of Information Act’ (FOIA) – Our Flashlight In The Dark“THE BRIDGE – AT THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT (POGO)” By Spurthi Kontham “The Freedom of Information Act, passed in 1966 in the...
Ken LarsonMar 20, 20231 min readCost Center Strategic Planning For Small Business Service Contractors“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “A growing small enterprise can enhance competitive rate development and cost management by effective cost...
Ken LarsonMar 19, 20231 min readWinter WaterfrontMississippi River Trail (MRT) Hastings, Minnesota (click the link and then the pic for telescopic view) https://www.flickr.com/photos/ody...
Ken LarsonMar 19, 20239 min readThis Is What We Do in America. We Pause. We Forget. Then We Begin The Next War“THE WARHORSE” By M. Tabar “My stepfather, brother, and I served in Afghanistan and Iraq. We are still there, frozen in the suck—a...
Ken LarsonMar 18, 20233 min readVA To Award $52.5 Million In Grants To Local Organizations Working To Prevent Veteran SuicideU.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS “VA announces the availability of $52.5 million in grants to community-based organizations that...
