A defense analyst for more than twenty-four years, Mr. Koehl specializes in the analysis of US and foreign military systems, technology, operational methods and policy. Some of his activities have included comparative assessment of US and foreign strategy, doctrine, force structure and conventional weapons systems; technology assessment; missile and air defense systems; US and foreign strategic weapons systems and targeting policies; air warfare; command and control systems; logistic analysis; analysis of special operations requirements and techniques; training and development of training materials, and procurement policies. Since May 2002, Mr. Koehl has been a Research Fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Center for Transatlantic Relations. Working on the Project on Transatlantic Security and Industry. He served as senior research fellow on an in-depth analysis of the present state of US-European defense cooperation issues and the development of new initiatives to enhance future cooperation, conducting budgetary/programmatic analyses, and assessment of US and European military requirements and defense technologies. He is presently engaged in a study of technology transfer issues pertaining to the NATO Response Force..
From May 1998-May 2002, Mr. Koehl was Senior Analyst at ARDAK Corporation, where he conducted market and competition analyses for US and foreign aerospace and defense firms, developed data bases on European defense policies, acquisition organizations and regulations, major defense programs, and industry consolidation. He also authored analyses of the global commercial space remote sensing market, the global satellite payload market, the initial/primary training aircraft market, and the air/missile defense market (with particular emphasis on the emerging anti-cruise missile requirement). During this period he also provided support to the USD(AT&L) Office of International Programs.
From March 1997 to April 1998, Mr. Koehl was Director of Research, IPAC/The Columbus Group, LLC.
From March 1994 to February 1997, he was Senior Associate at JHF, Inc., providing operational analyses, concept definitions, and strategic market analyses to US and foreign aerospace companies. He co-authored US Army Field Manual FM 100-17-3, Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration for the US Army Transportation School and US Army Training and Doctrine Command. He also served as principal investigator on a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program to develop a methodology for the insertion of historically accurate suppression effects in stochastic combat simulations, and conducted air and naval threat assessment of Persian Gulf region for United Arab Emirates.
Publications:
A Dictionary of Modern War (with Edward N. Luttwak), HarperCollins (New York) 1991.
"The Strategic Defense Initiative and Its Potential for European Industry", Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Winter 1986
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