Douglas J. Harpel
Douglas J. Harpel is a consultant with eighteen years of experience in aerospace and defense industry consulting. Mr. Harpel specializes in providing market intelligence and analysis in the defense and aerospace fields. He has extensive expertise in international armaments cooperation and technology transfer issues and has focused heavily on the forging and sustainment of industrial alliances between U.S. and international government officials and aerospace companies.
Mr. Harpel has provided support to Commonwealth Consulting Corporation for over ten years, anchoring all analytical study efforts for the company’s defense and aerospace clientele. Mr. Harpel provides technical research, analysis, writing, planning and client-government liaison in support of the strategic planning and domestic and international marketing efforts of our clients in the defense and aerospace arena.
Mr. Harpel has written and published hundreds of articles on an array of defense and national security topics including trans-Atlantic armaments cooperation, naval force projection, nuclear and conventional arms control, C3I issues, NATO force modernization, and missile defense.
A graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, Mr. Harpel has studied at Leningrad State University and is proficient in the Russian language. Mr. Harpel has also completed advanced coursework at the Defense Acquisition University in areas including Acquisition Management, Defense Contracting, and System Test & Evaluation.