Ken LarsonApr 25, 20212 min readIs the U.S. National Defense Strategy right-sized?“THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT (POGO)” “Keep pretending you can do it all when we can’t even defeat a band of Afghan insurgents...
Ken LarsonApr 24, 20213 min readSBA High Value Small Business Programs Focus On Veterans Minorities and Women “U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION“ “Small business set aside contracting programs and veteran-owned business acquisition of donated GSA...
Ken LarsonApr 23, 20211 min readMilitary Times Launches New Online Obituary Platform Flowers lay on a bench during a funeral at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu. (Staff Sgt. Jamarius Fortson/Army)...
Ken LarsonApr 22, 20213 min readU.S. Space Force Wants Commercial and Small Business In All Mission Areas“C4ISRNET” “The Space Force is working to open up more opportunities and engage with small businesses and nontraditional vendors. Events...
Ken LarsonApr 21, 20213 min readSmall Business Export Grants And Support ResourcesU.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION” “The U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) Office of International Trade can help. Through our...
Ken LarsonApr 20, 20211 min readHow Small Business Defense And Service Companies Can Be Mergers And Acquisitions Players Too“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY – PROJECT 38” “Large and mid-size companies typically dominate M&A activity. Small companies emerging from the...
Ken LarsonApr 19, 20212 min readDARPA Chooses 3 Firms To Design Nuclear-Powered Space Vehicle PLEASE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE “C4ISRNET” “The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) believes nuclear-powered propulsion could...
Ken LarsonApr 18, 20212 min readVeterans Administration To See Another Big Spending Boost In FY 2022Image: Princeton University Press “MILITARY TIMES” “Under the plan, VA would see spending on veterans suicide prevention programs nearly...
Ken LarsonApr 17, 20213 min readA Recent Example Of Cooperative Infrastructure Project Successhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/51121589630/ The replacement of the Highway 61 bridge over the Mississippi River at...
Ken LarsonApr 16, 20214 min readAgencies Struggle Finding Qualified TalentPLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE “FEDERAL NEWS NEWORK” “According to the hiring assessment dashboard, agencies relied on self assessments...
Ken LarsonApr 15, 20213 min readArmy Competing Prototype Arctic Vehicles For Production“DEFENSE NEWS” “The service awarded contracts to two vendors: a team of American firm Oshkosh Defense and the land systems division of...
Ken LarsonApr 14, 20213 min read7 Allies Sign Onto Polar Research ProjectImage: iarpccollaborations.org “C4ISRNET” “Aside from the U.S., the participating nations are Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden...
Ken LarsonApr 13, 20214 min readMore Federal Contracts To Small Business Under FY 2022 Budget Request “FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” “The spending plan gives the Small Business Administration an $852 million budget in fiscal 2022 — a 9.4% increase...
Ken LarsonApr 12, 20216 min readFY 2022 National Security $753 Billion Budget Request Hints At Future Priorities“DEFENSE NEWS“ “For the defense industry, budget documents teased an emphasis on shipbuilding, which dovetails with the Pentagon’s focus...
Ken LarsonApr 11, 20214 min readGreat-Power Competition – A Recipe For Disaster“FOREIGN POLICY.COM” “The biggest question of the coming decades may be whether countries can confine the global competition to the...
Ken LarsonApr 10, 20214 min readSaving The DOD/VA $16.1 Billion Health Care Record System From Looming Disaster “FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” By By Edward Meagher “The good news is that there are solutions available to meet the needs of both organizations....
Ken LarsonApr 9, 20212 min readCommercial Interest Grows In Defense Innovation Unit“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE“ “Over the past five years, the unit has leveraged more than $11 billion in private investment. Fifty-six...
Ken LarsonApr 8, 20214 min readThe Biggest Risk Is Not Taking Risk “NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Rachel A. McCaffrey And Josephine Lewis “Challenges exist along everyone’s career path, including fear of...
Ken LarsonApr 7, 20214 min readNew Business Model Evolving For System Integrators “WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” “Large government contractors are starting to recognize the need to shift their cultures, train their teams,...
Ken LarsonApr 5, 20211 min readScience/High-Tech Workers And Small Firms PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE “U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION” “Small businesses play a special role in innovation. In 2018, 37%...
