For the Governor of Alabama, the aerospace and defense role of the state goes deep into history. “We have invested in the capability to train the personnel needed by the Army, Navy or Air Force for any mission that might be asked of us (...). We feel that we not…
In a recent interview, Lou Kratz, Vice President, Logistics and Sustainment, Lockheed Martin Corporation, laid out an approach towards shaping a new convenant between industry and government in forging a success-based sustainment model. Today, logistics and sustainment are "central to our future in working with our customers", he stresses.
As President Obama began his Asian journey, his White House aides said he viewed China as “America’s most vital partner in tackling the globe’s most intractable issues.” The President himself said “We meet at a time when the relationship between the United States and China has never been more important…
On 17 November 2009, the European Defence Agency’s Ministerial Steering Board noted a Letter of Intent (LOI) on the establishment of a European Air Transport Fleet (EATF). EDA's Former Deputy Chief Executive Dr. Himar Linnenkamp, analyses the status of such initiative balancing the good and the bad news...
The Administration proposes a new model for the Vertical Lift Industry.The initiative is designed to re-organize the scattered Research and Development money within the DOD budget for vertical lift platforms, and to provide a central clearing point for shaping the way forward for the industry and the government.
In an interview just prior to the deployment of the Osprey squadron from North Carolina to Afghanistan, several members of the squadron talked with sldinfo.com about their upcoming deployment. The Osprey team discussed their preparation, some of their expectations and some of their thinking about how the Osprey could be…
A Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) approach is in effect being implemented in France, whereby the industry is now welcome to offer customized approaches and solutions to a variety of maintenance and support challenges (...)The Army Chief of Staff (EMAT) is still refining its approach as far as the degree of outsourcing/partnership…
Rupert Herbert-Burns, a senior analyst with the Danish firm "Risk Intelligence", provides an assessment of the challenges of securing the Suez Canal in the evolving maritime security environment...
