The importance of manufacturing for national power and security is clear.
One of the most overlooked features in the current discussion of the F-35 aircraft is that it was designed from the start with an additional 2000 hours of service.
It is crucial to enhance the ability to globally sustain the aircraft to ensure a smooth and successful transition to the next phase of Osprey global operations.
The next frontier is about mastering the production-operations sustainment cycle, and to do so when adversaries are doing their best to isolate and kill your force.
In this interview with Charles Lilli, the evolving approach of DLA to shape more effective sustainment strategies is the focus of attention.
Progress has clearly been made to date with regard to F-35 maintenance.
The mission of these kinds of supply ships has recently evolved in the German navy
The Marines have been working operations off of foreign warships as part of the process of building out an Osprey-enabled sea base, writ large.