Category Archives: Acquisition

We Need to Change the Way We Think About Artificial Intelligence

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Dennis Drayer

AI is actually neither artificial nor intelligent. It implies decisions made through computers programmed to make choices to act in a certain manner. But those computers are programmed simply to make yes/no decisions. This is really no different than what we consider intuition. Continue reading →

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Defense Acquisition – “Where Did That Requirement Come From, Anyway?”

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Dennis Drayer

The PBS series “Connections” was always interesting for me, because it joined the dots between present-day wonders and the science and invention required to make them so. It showed how various discoveries, scientific achievements and world events were successively interconnected to bring about particular aspects of modern technology. For a requirements developer and strategic planner, it provided interesting perspective.

Do you know where the requirement for the height and width of the USAF’s C-17 was derived? Among many other large items, the C-17 had to carry an Abrams tank, so it needed to be so many feet high and wide.

That is interesting bar conversation, until you ask where the Army derived the height and width of an Abrams tank? …..
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