Big Breakups And The Birth Of The New Aerospace Middle Market

AeroVironment Switchblade loitering munitions system

AeroVironment, a UAV specialist that provides the Switchblade loitering munitions system (pictured) among others, is buying defense tech company BlueHalo to form a growing middle-­market provider.

Credit: AeroVironment
With one of the last major aerospace and defense suppliers that is also a multi-industrial conglomerate, Honeywell International, possibly headed for a breakup this year and Boeing CEO and President Kelly Ortberg divesting parts of that storied airframer, 2025 could be a turning point for the...
Michael Bruno

Based in Washington, Michael Bruno is Aviation Week Network’s Executive Editor for Business. He oversees coverage of aviation, aerospace and defense businesses, supply chains and related issues.

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