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Maintaining operational capabilities in a pandemic
Crestwood Technology Group (CTG) is a leading supplier for government, defence and commercial aviation industries providing critical parts, materiel and obsolescence management solutions. With armed forces around the world facing disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic, CTG is ready to step forward with supply chain solutions while also providing the ability to replace or prolong legacy systems and help combat counterfeit or obsolete goods.
great many challenges face the modern-day defence industry, from issues over maintaining operational capabilities of mission-critical equipment for the military, to how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted supply chains and the rise of counterfeit subsystems on the market. Crestwood Technology Group (CTG) looks to address these problems, supplying government, defence and commercial aviation industries with critical parts, materiel and obsolescence management solutions. The company is a leading supplier to the US Department of Defense (DOD) and its contractors, as well as many of the world’s largest airlines; Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) groups; and aircraft manufacturers and distributors. It also offers testing and inspection services through its IDEA-certified lab for risk mitigation and counterfeit avoidance. With militaries around the world feeling the economic pinch caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, CTG believes itself to be well- suited to provide a supply chain solution in this current budget-strained environment.
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CTG supplies government, defence and commercial aviation industries with critical parts, materiel and obsolescence management solutions.
to assist its defence customers in achieving readiness and availability of their systems. CTG also prides itself in enabling its customers to overcome supply chain vulnerability, stemming in part from the restraints caused by the pandemic. The company works with a number of large
“Our unique ability to source hard-to-fi nd parts, long-lead time parts and spares, and address obsolescence issues is our speciality.”
Jim Waring, CTG
“Our unique ability to source hard-to- find parts, long-lead time parts and spares, and address obsolescence issues is our speciality,” says Jim Waring, vice-president strategic business development at CTG. Waring notes that the Covid-19 crisis has thrown the fine balance between modernisation efforts and readiness into disarray but adds that CTG has been able
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prime contractors across the UK and Europe. Waring brings up an example, where the initial task for CTG was getting approved-vendor status from a UK-based prime contractor on a specific project with the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD)’s Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) for a land equipment, vehicle and support contract. Beyond the European market, CTG
is currently looking to expand its capabilities with its international defence partners. It negotiates for an approved vendor status with these companies across a contract or multiple contracts, and provides hard-to-find long-lead-time parts and spares, whether it pertains to land systems, aircraft, vehicles or support systems. The company serves as an alternate supply chain source that helps achieve the readiness of systems across the defence market.
Replace or prolong legacy systems? CTG aids NATO allies in prolonging the lifecycle of legacy systems, serving as an approved vendor on the NSPA sourcing contract and providing obsolescence sourcing in order to help extend the life cycle of vehicles that have been extended beyond their expectancy to where the parts become problematic in sourcing. The company has also been helping countries replace many of their legacy systems, some of which date back to
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