RESHAPING THE GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSHIP FOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SUSTAINMENT: RANDY FOWLER ON MEETING THE CHALLENGES [caption id="attachment_4186" align="alignleft" width="130" caption="Randy Fowler"][/caption] Sldinfo sat down with Randy Fowler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness, and his staff in mid December 2009 to discuss their perspectives on the way ahead…
By Alain Bonny Alain Bonny is the head of Paris-based Dassault's Military Support Division, DGSM (Direction Générale du Soutien Militaire, in French). He describes in the article below the characteristics of the support and maintenance contract the company and the French government signed about a year ago regarding the Rafale.…
By Ed Timperlake Ed Timperlake was assigned by Undersecretary Mike Wynne to be the AT&L representative to the Department of Defense (DOD) Tsunami Task Force. Lessons Learned From the Tsunami Relief Operation Very early in recognizing the devastating death and destruction from the Haitian earthquake some in the media tried…
CAS: A CORE CONTRIBUTOR TO SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATED OPERATIONS IN FALLUJAH (Reprinted courtesy of the Marine Corps Gazette. Copyright retained by the Marine Corps Gazette) By Maj Fred H. Allison, USMCR (Ret) Maj Allison is a former Marine F–4 radar intercept officer. He earned his doctorate in history from Texas Tech…
A number of key drivers for change in cybersecurity policy are in play, including significant legislation pending, more than a few international regulatory bodies meeting, companies beginning to publicly complain about hacking from allegedly government entities, and now the United States State Department raising access to Cyber as a fundamental…
By Robert Johnson U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st platoon, delta company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment conduct a mounted counter indirect fire patrol in Sabari, Afghanistan (Courtesy Photo: Joint Combat Camera Afghanistan, Coalition Outpost Sabari, Afghanistan, 01/15/10)To be Tracked or to be Wheeled: A False Debate? There is a debate…
SLDinfo visited Eglin Air Force Base in early January and interviewed the senior leadership with regard to various programs, capabilities and approaches to the future. The most compelling aspect of Eglin to an outsider is the confluence of two core capabilities: The first revolves around weapons; the second around shaping…
Preparing for the F35: The 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base Stands Up a Comprehensive Training Facility Sldinfo’s Robbin Laird interviewed Colonel Tomassetti, 33rd Fighter Wing, Vice Commander, in early January 2010 and discussed the 33rd Fighter Wing’s approach to F-35 training and the nature of the training…
