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Feb 07, 2020
The Pentagon’s leading contractor by annual sales, Lockheed Martin, employed about 110,000 workers at the end of 2019.
Feb 06, 2020
Russian Helicopters announced on Feb. 6 a “road map” that establishes a fixed schedule for localizing assembly tasks for the Ka-226T helicopter in India.
Feb 05, 2020
Seven months after being ousted as the Space Development Agency’s first director, Fred Kennedy is warning industry that the U.S. Space Force is not a quick fix for all the Pentagon’s acquisition problems.
Feb 05, 2020
A German think tank is calling on Germany’s defense ministry to reconsider Lockheed Martin’s F-35 as a successor for the country’s Panavia Tornado fleet.
Feb 04, 2020
The UK Royal Air Force’s first Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft has touched down on British soil.
Feb 03, 2020
The €3.6 billion ($4 billion) final agreements that Airbus has reached with French, UK and U.S. authorities to resolve a corruption case, although colossal, are in fact a satisfactory outcome for the company.
Jan 30, 2020
The U.S. Air Force’s series of “Pitch Day” events has succeeded in attracting swarms of small businesses outside the defense industry, but the long-term value remains unclear, former Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said.
Jan 30, 2020
When United Technologies and Raytheon merge early next quarter, they are likely to sell the latter’s Forcepoint cybersecurity company and they could get $3 billion for it.