Aerospace & Defense

US Defence Trade Controls under Commerce and State

September 30, 2014

Tuesday, January 20 to Wednesday, January 21, 2015 | London

The 3D Printing Revolution: How It Will Affect Procurement Strategies

September 26, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

3D printing is one of the hottest technology developments in supply chain today. Is it for real?

RFID Enables Container Tracking at Aerospace Firm

September 25, 2014

RFID Journal

U.K.-based aerospace manufacturing and logistical services firm Daher Aerospace is managing its fleet of reusable containers via a radio frequency identification solution provided by Waer Systems Ltd.

NASA Awards Private Industry Contracts to Build Rockets to Ferry Astronauts to Space Station

September 19, 2014

The Washington Post

NASA on Tuesday awarded a pair of much-anticipated contracts, worth up to $6.8bn combined, to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station to Boeing and SpaceX in a deal that would allow the U.S. to launch astronauts into space from U.S. soil for the first time in years.

Should Even Nuclear Command and Control Go Into the Cloud, Defense CIO Asks

September 17, 2014

CIO

For all the enthusiasm surrounding the government's move to the cloud - and there's no shortage - one prominent federal CIO is emphatic that cloud computing, for all its virtues, is no panacea for the government's technology challenges.

Military Logistics Kuwait

August 25, 2014

Kuwait's most senior-ranked armed forces and logistics supply chain industry event to include General Officers involved with logistics from Kuwait, NATO and international forces

Universal Uses Multi-Modes to Provide Customized Solutions for its Customers

August 25, 2014

Challenge: Severe congestion for customer because retrograde moving back to US ports from Iraq. Expedited move of 6.2 million lbs. of heavy rolling stock origin to destination to be completed within 18 days. Length of haul, maintaining control of the cargo and expedite to destination within constrained RRD. Rail not an option due to congestion at the destination and their ability to quickly unload rail cars.

Up in the Sky - It's a Cargo Airship!

August 22, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

It might seem like a throwback to the dirigibles of the 1930s, but a new type of airship is another animal entirely.

Discover How One Command Cut Inventory by $4.5 Billion

August 21, 2014

Challenge: This 65,000-employee command is responsible for planning all things logistic for a branch of the service. This command had made an investment in an SAP ERP system. However, things didn't improve as expected. "Even after the ERP deployment, we didn't let go of how we'd always done business" explains David Frey. Frey was charged with improving efficiency across the command.

Labor Costs Unrelated to Decision to Build Version of Dreamliner in South Carolina, Boeing Says

August 4, 2014

Business Week

Boeing will build the biggest version of its 787 Dreamliner family exclusively in South Carolina at a nonunion plant it built five years ago. It's part of an effort to lower labor costs, but the company said organized labor had nothing to do with its decision.

Aerospace & Defense

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