French Land Forces Support:Looking For the Best Business Models

11/15/2009
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…

ECATS: Pioneering Outsourcing In French Pilot Training

10/26/2009
The Cognac-Châteaubernard French Air Force base was at first a military airfield created in 1938 (...). Besides its historic legacy, what makes BA709 unusual though is the integration in the past three years of a customized EADS subsidiary, called ECATS for “EADS Cognac Aviation Services”...

The Emergence of a 21st Century Concept of Air and Military Operations: The Impact of the “Forcing Function” of the 5th Generation Aircraft

09/21/2009
The evolution of 21st century air operations is unfolding under the impact of a new generation of aircraft and a significant shift in the role of air operations in support of ground and maritime forces. The “5th generation” aircraft have largely been viewed as simply a next iteration of airframes…

The Emergence of a 21st Century Concept of Air Operations

08/12/2009
The evolution of 21st century air operations is unfolding under the impact of a new generation of aircraft and a significant shift in the role of air operations in support of ground and maritime forces. The "5th generation" aircraft have largely been viewed as simply a next iteration of airframes…