by KPMG's George Odden & Vincent Pavlak In July 2010, Vincent Pavlak, a partner in KPMG LLP's Transactions & Restructuring service group, contributed an article to Defense Industry Daily, titled, "Lessons from the Automotive Supply Chain: Surviving a Downturn." At the...
* Former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will be NATO's next secretary-general starting on October 1st. As a youth activist he used to have strong feelings against the alliance. Rapid Acquisitions * The RAND research organization examined how the US Army can...
by KPMG's George Odden & Vincent Pavlak In July 2010, Vincent Pavlak, a partner in KPMG LLP's Transactions & Restructuring service group, contributed an article to Defense Industry Daily, titled, "Lessons from the Automotive Supply Chain: Surviving a Downturn." At the...
USS Miami(click to view full) The nuclear-powered Improved Los Angeles Class (SSN-688i) submarine USS Miami (SSN 755) was ordered in 1983 and built by General Dynamics Electric Boat. She was commissioned in 1990, is homeported in Groton, CT, and was the focus of Tom...
* The US military cancelled so many billion dollar programs during the past decade that they developed the Smart Shutdown [PDF] guidance and online portal to try and salvage useful bits. However the GAO reckons in a new report that this resource may not be well known...
* In his statement [PDF] submitted today to the Senate Armed Services Committee, US Navy Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Greenert explains the Navy's current and future posture. The document includes a map of the 104 ships forward deployed across the world today,...
The Persian Gulf(click to view full) The Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) needs to replace most of its helicopters. Its Sikorsky S-92 VIP helicopters are predictably modern, but the operational front is less promising. The QEAF had been depending on a combination of a...
* IHS Jane's reports that after Russia seized assets in Crimea, Ukraine is left with just 5 of its 17 warships, almost no naval aviation, and few naval personnel. * Ukraine's acting Defense Minister Igor Tenyukh was replaced by Col. Gen. Mykhailo Koval, so far head of...
* The Government Accountability Office's latest report on the F-35 notes that while aircraft manufacturing has improved last year, software delays and capability limitations continue to threaten the program's overall schedule. DC/VA News * US Senator McCain [R-AZ,...