Top U.S defense contractors rated by military and government
Posted by- Neelam Mathews Nov 8, 2011 An ASD report reveals new learnings about how the U.S defense industry awards business. The report says there is a strong and varying bias among U.S. government, military and contractor respondents against European prime defense contractors that is rooted in their perceptions of quality and competency. It points out respondents with specific experience with the companies in question show that these firms have large differences in how well they manage to stick to budget and schedule. Industry-wide impressions of the large contractors are often formed by major defense programs, such as the F-35, yet procurement managers' and project managers' opinions on contractors come from a sum of other experiences, resulting in quite different perceptions among those who make program decisions, adds the report. The study identified several segments, and even individual firms, that have large perception problems among key decision makers. Defense i...