Richard McCormack, editor of Manufacturing News, has focused frequently on the challenges of the supply chain for manufacturing in the United States, including for the defense sector. He discusses the role of the Chinese in providing for rare earth minerals to US industry.
In an interview with Rear Admiral James McManamon at his office at the Washington Navy Yard in February 2009, the Admiral outlined the Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA’s) new approach to logistics modernization.
Ambassador Jon Glassman addresses the important question of how the new governments of the industrial democracies will address defense modernization. The global economic crisis could lead to a significant reduction in the capability of these democracies ...
Robert Johnson provides an assessment of the strategic context within which tactical vehicle decisions are being made and a forecast of likely paths forward...
The F-22 debate has been highly charged politically. It has been used as a symbol for “defense waste” and “high technology irrelevance” by its detractors...
In late September, the President announced the termination of the plans to place missile interceptors in Central Europe...
The USMC has become more of a land army as a consequence of the Iraq War. General Conway, the USMC Commandant, is worried the Corps is losing its expeditionary focus. Marine officers who have joined the USMC during the Iraq period are very likely NEVER to have been aboard ship.
One of the more interesting dynamics of change in concepts of operations in the years ahead will be the relationship between robotic systems and ground, air and sea operations. An excellent illustration of the thinking about operational scenarios within which ground robotic vehicles might be used in the years ahead…
