Ken LarsonApr 4, 20213 min readThe F-35 May Be Unsalvageable PLEASE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE “THE HILL” “The program has been under continuous development since the contract was awarded in 2001 and...
Ken LarsonApr 2, 20212 min readPentagon Tech Office Asks Industry For ‘Leap-Ahead Capabilities’“C4ISRNET” “The office wants to hear from companies about products across these priority areas: artificial intelligence/machine learning;...
Ken LarsonApr 1, 20217 min readMentor-Protege Program – SBA Update And An Astute Perspectivehttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/sba-mentor-protege-program-and-joint-venture-agreements-tickets-147982322109S James C. Fontana. at Dempsey...
Ken LarsonMar 31, 20211 min readPentagon 2020 Audit Results Financial Statement“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK “ “The Defense Department is now onto its fourth year of full-scale financial audits. And the audit results from...
Ken LarsonMar 30, 20216 min readTips To Prepare For A First CMMC Assessment“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Neal W. Beggan “There needs to be agreement upfront on the scope, otherwise the assessment will not carry...
Ken LarsonMar 29, 20211 min readAir Force Wants White Papers For $975 Million Cyber Program“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY“ “More than one company will be selected for the potential five-year $975 million contract that will include...
Ken LarsonMar 28, 20216 min read"ODYSSEY OF ARMAMENTS" - Inside Pentagon Procurement from Vietnam to Iraq “Rose Covered Glasses” By Ken Larson “I hope that this account of my 36-year contracting experience with DOD supplies useful insights...
Ken LarsonMar 27, 20212 min readDear DARPA: ‘Profit’ Is Not A Dirty Word “WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Nick Wakeman “The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has released a solicitation for a Small Business...
Ken LarsonMar 26, 20212 min readStrategic Partnership For Secure Military Microchips “C4ISRNET” “The Pentagon’s top research arm and Silicon Valley giant Intel will work together to increase domestic production of secure...
Ken LarsonMar 25, 20212 min readA Pandemic Year 2 Forecast For B2G Sales And Marketing “WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Mark Amtower “While there was some adjustment to the pandemic environment, government contracting has not been...
Ken LarsonMar 24, 20211 min readSmall Business Facts – Paths To Business OwnershipPLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE “U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION” – Office of Advocacy “About two-thirds of business owners start...
Ken LarsonMar 23, 20213 min readTop Pentagon Research Arm Combats ‘Aggressive’ Foreign Investors“C4ISRNET” “The goal for the accelerator, established by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is to move 150 technologies out...
Ken LarsonMar 22, 20212 min readFour Growth Areas In Defense IT Spending For 2021 to 2022“FEDERAL TIMES“ “GovWin from Deltek’s recent Defense IT Priorities and Strategies, 2020-2022 report projects that the Department of...
Ken LarsonMar 21, 20211 min readSBA Lenders Make $692 Million In Duplicate PPP Disbursements To 4,260 Borrowers“SBA INSPECTOR GENERAL” “We determined SBA did not always have sufficient controls in place to detect and prevent duplicate PPP loans. As...
Ken LarsonMar 20, 20214 min readVA Modernizing Aging Facilities With Maintenance Backlog"FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” “The Department of Veterans Affairs has a growing maintenance backlog at its facilities, a problem that’s only...
Ken LarsonMar 19, 20213 min read$1.4 Billion Defense Health Agency (DHA) Draft Solicitation “WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” “The [draft] solicitation includes incentives for traditional primes to include non-traditional vendors on their...
Ken LarsonMar 18, 20213 min readA ‘Splinternet’ Won’t Solve Global Cyber Defense Problems “C4ISRNET“ “As attack capabilities become more advanced, including the use of data with artificial intelligence, new crypto networks, and...
Ken LarsonMar 17, 20212 min readTechnology Modernization Fund (TMF) Receives $1B In COVID Relief Bill“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” “The Technology Modernization is poised to receive one heck of a present for its three-year anniversary – a $1...
Ken LarsonMar 16, 20213 min readNASA’s Mentor-Protégé Partnerships Could Benefit DOD“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE“ By Shaliza Tolliver “NASA-sponsored mentor-protégé partnerships between entities such as Boeing and Southern...
Ken LarsonMar 15, 20213 min readGAO: “DOD $1.3 Trillion Real Property Management Issues No Longer ‘High Risk’“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK“ “In releasing its latest version of the list, updated every two years with each new Congress, GAO determined the...
