TFD Group Transformation for Effective Sustainment Conference

Today’s edition of DID is rather foreshortened, as I’ve just returned from the “Transformation for Effective Sustainment” conference in Monterey, California. DID has consistently covered issues like the emergence of through-life support contracts in Britain, maintenance overhangs and impending budgetary shortfalls, et. al. over the past year. The influence these trends exert on military procurement will continue to rise in the coming year. The Tools for Decision Group’s conference speakers were: * Major General Roger Nadeau, Commander, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command. Direct and honest. Expanded on his February comments re: the urban fight and Future Combat Systems. Meanwhile, note these contract end points: HMMWV (Oct 2006), FMTV (Nov 2008), HEMTT (Sept 2008). Their successors represent a major opportunity for all sides – and technology insertion will remain a big issue across the Army’s entire vehicle fleet. We’ll be coming back to him (and vice-versa). * Air Vice-Marshal Nigel Bairsto, Director General Logistics Transformation, UK MOD. Played a significant role in many of the new British approaches to contracting, support, and defense planning we’ve been covering over the past year. After listening to him, one can see why. The results of our interview will appear in a future […]