Suppliers meet the needs of transforming customers.
Armada International › Vol. 26 Nbr. 6, December 2002
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Defence Industry Report
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Suppliers meet the needs of transforming customers.
In many ways, the United States defence industry is undergoing a transformation that mirrors the US Department of Defense's own reshuffling. Just as these are volatile times for many Department of Defense component programmes, manufacturers are grappling with the current climate of cancellations or alterations, accelerated timelines, the urgencies of the ongoing war on terrorism and so forth--all this against its own unique background of mergers, teaming agreements and generally unfavourable stock market conditions.
Although the recipe could spell disaster, it appears that most aspects of the American defence industry are rising to the challenges of operating in a constant state of turmoil. While a complete presentation of the ongoing situation is obviously impossible due to space limitations, the following pages will provide a small number of representative examples of these 21st century military industrial challenges and the responses they continue to garner from manufacturers. The Environment Even prior to the terrorist atta...See the full content of this document
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