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GLG Topic: Aerospace and Defense

Aerospace and Defense refers to products and services related to military and civil defense, space and satellite, airplane manufacturing, and military programs.

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Melvyn James, OBE MSc BSc CEng, Director, Mel James LimitedMelvyn James, OBE MSc BSc CEng
Director
Mel James Limited

Melvyn James is Director of Mel James Limited; a UK based firm providing consulting services in the aerospace and defense industry. Mr. James provides consultancy services in aerospace and general defense maintenance, and logistics and safety management. He has more than 36 years of experience in designing...

Thomas Fagan, President & Chief Executive Officer, TLF AssociatesThomas Fagan
President & Chief Executive Officer
TLF Associates

Thomas Fagan is the Founder & CEO of TLF Associates, a consulting firm focusing on the aerospace and defense sector. Mr. Fagan consults for companies such as Stellar Services and Robbins-Gioia, Program Management Companies specializing in DOD Acqusition & Logistics; Secureant, specializing in Secure...

Doug McVitie, MA
Founder & Chief Consultant
Arran Aerospace

Doug McVitie is Founder and Chief Consultant at Arran Aerospace, a firm providing consulting services in the aerospace and defense industry. Prior, Mr. McVitie was Director of Sales Intelligence at Airbus in Toulouse, France. He has spent more than 28 years in the aerospace industry around the world....

John Silk
Independent Consultant
John P. Silk

John Silk is currently an independent consultant in the aerospace industry. Prior, Mr. Silk was a Sales Engineer at Barden Corporation, a leader in precision ball bearing manufacturing. He has more than 20 years of experience in sales and new business development for aluminum, titanium, and nickel based...

David Faulkner, President, Decisive Management Professionals International (DMPI), LLCDavid Faulkner
President
Decisive Management Professionals International (DMPI), LLC

David Faulkner is the Founder and President of Decisive Management Professionals International (DMPI); a defense consulting firm focused on solving Department of Defense (DOD) strategic and operational targeting issues, ranging from operational art and planning doctrine to automation of joint and service...

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GLG NewsSM Analysis: Aerospace and Defense(?)

Opinions and analyses expressed in GLG News are solely those of the author. See the Terms of Use for details.
Insurers Should be the First Line of Defense Against Vytorin | 04-08-2008
Analysis of: Will Insurers Reduce Coverage For Vytorin? | www.pharmalot.com
Author: Eric Gruff, PhD MBA, Principal, E4 Consulting

The pharmaceutical industry continues to lay its collective head on the chopping block by pushing drugs like Vytorin that demonstrate at best marginal activity. Insurers have a fiduciary duty to push back against the poor judgement of drugmakers who take advantage of confusion and DTC advertising to...

Sprint’s CTO – Half Hearted Defense of His Own Company’s Initiative? | 04-29-2008
Analysis of: Sprint's CTO attacks LTE | www.fiercewireless.com
Author: P.J. Louis, President, PJ Louis LLC

West tried to interject some humor at the Wireless Communications Association conference and it did not quite come off well. I give him credit for finally opening his mouth to say something to defend WiMAX.  You can see Hesse’s fingerprints all over this; not the words just the effort.

Funding Too Little Too Fake To Diversify Windsor Manufacturing | 05-14-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

It is like suggesting," We were not so good at building cars, so let's try building Aircrafts and see what happens...and  by the way here's 250K for Political lunch tab and thanks for listening".   With the gradual death of our Auto Industry and no small thanks to our Politicians,...

Trade Mag. finally gets it right; CSX is on the road to recovery after years of poor management | 05-16-2008
Analysis of: CSX powers up for a fight | www.railwayage.com
Author: Toby Kolstad, President, Rail Theory Forecasts

Trade magazines are usually constrained to write only positive comments about the companies in the industries they cover, since subscriptions and ad revenues are more dependent on goodwill rather than good investigative reporting. In the article reviewed below however, the writer/editor finally fesses...

Will Large Passenger Aircraft Production Be Limited By A Lack Of Rhenium? | 05-15-2008
Author: Jack Lifton, Chief Executive Officer , Jack Lifton, LLC

At a conference in Barcelona last month entitled "Metals in the Aerospace Industry" an industry analyst forecast a total demand for 800, 000, 000 lbs of metal to build between 8,000 and 12,000 multi-engine jet passenger aircraft by 2020. Although most of the metal to be consumed was identified as aluminum...

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GLG InstituteSM Seminars: Aerospace and Defense(?)

 
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