Shaping Manufacturing for Sustainability: The Eurocopter Approach (2)
05/03/2011
05/03/11 This interview focuses upon the Eurocopter approach to manufacturing new platforms with higher degrees of sustainability than legacy platforms.
Gamechanger : The Evolving Amphibious Ready Group
05/02/2011
The second F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing jet, BF-2, descends to a vertical landing on 12 January 2011 at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland (Credit: Lockheed Martin, 2011). Gamechanger : The Evolving Amphibious Ready Group An Interview with General Davis 05/02/2011 - « Currently we have C-130s flying in the Libyan situation.…
DHS Grapples with Cyber Threats
04/27/2011
By Dr. Richard Weitz 04/27/2011 - In June 2006, a report by the Business Roundtable identified three major “cyber gaps”: no clear warning indicators that a cyberattack was occurring, uncertainty who would lead efforts to restore damaged U.S. critical infrastructure, and the absence of dedicated resources to support such post-attack…
A Cautionary Tale Of Outsourcing To China
04/27/2011
By Richard McCormack 04/27/2011 - Thousands of American companies that have moved production to China to take advantage of cheap labor might want to consider a case study that is unfolding for a U.S. manufacturing company. Fellowes Inc., one of the world's largest makers of office and personal paper shredders,…
Espionage and the PRC Challenge
04/27/2011
By Edward Timperlake 04/27/2011 - The history of Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) espionage attempts against US military and dual-use technology in the nineties were identified and reported on by a Select Committee of the House of Representatives. The Congressional report is a tribute to the tremendous bipartisan effort of those…
Leveraging the Advantages of the USN-USMC Team
04/27/2011
4/27/11 Rear Admiral Jim Beebe USN (retired) and currently Executive Director of Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet discusses the USN approach to the future.
Building the LPD-17
04/27/2011
04/27/11 The LPD 17 program manager, Doug Lounsberry, provides an overview on the this key command ship for the ARG.
EMB314: Which Gender Issue?
04/21/2011
By Ed Timperlake 04/21/2011 - One of the strangest arguments ever made about competing aircraft in a source selection was recently made in an article in The Hill.