Defence IQ Glossary: Logistics

NATO military strategists increasingly acknowledge that the future of war is in cities. How are armoured vehicle requirements evolving to reflect this?

How can organisations keep life extension projects on schedule, within budget and meeting strict safety requirements?

There is now a growing recognition in the defence sector that insourcing can offer a better approach

The DoD has completed four of their 15 energy targets. Find out whats in store for 2019.

The supply chain for defence markets is a critical one. A single point of failure can have repercussions far beyond a simple missed delivery.

Maj. Gen. Craig Crenshaw serves as the Commanding General, U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Command Albany, Georgia. He will be the visiting keynote at February’s International Defence Logistics 2017...

Defence ministries and major contractors would be at a loose end without vast global supply chains to provide the equipment needed to undertake operations in a timely, cost-effective manner. However,...

  Future military operations are almost universally expected to be conducted in a coalition environment. While this alleviates certain pressures on individual nations, it also makes an alrea...

Additive manufacturing allows engineers to create complex geometries out of polymers, metals, and composites that are not possible through traditional manufacturing techniques. The technology is rap...

Rear Admiral Vincent Griffith is Director, DLA Logistics Operations (J3) at the Defense Logistics Agency. He is responsible for the end-to-end supply chain management of DLA’s nine supply chai...

The nature of warfare and how militaries prepare for it – along with their other strategic objectives, which include civil emergencies, assisting in humanitarian disaster relief, and protectin...

Militaries arguably need more support from industry and their supply chain than at any point over the last decade due to the uncertainty of future requirements, campaigns and operating environments. M...