Defense Supply Chain Analysis
Jul 22, 2020
Over 20 years, demand on the F/A-18 and EA-18G electrical power generation system led to low readiness levels for the entire fleet.
Jul 20, 2020
He prioritizes new airplanes over aftermarket business and looks ahead to the company’s next airplane.
Jul 17, 2020
Milestones for the T-7 trainer; what comes after the MQ-9; Sierra Nevada’s Shooting Star and a new name for Airbus operations in the U.S.
Jul 16, 2020
L3Harris leaders say their focus remains carrying out their prior plans for their merger of equals.
Jul 15, 2020
President Matthew Bromberg on COVID-19, production increases and future development efforts.
Aug 21, 2020
Longtime CEO Neal Keating handing over the reins to newcomer Ian Walsh on Sept. 8.
Aug 19, 2020
KBR will acquire Centauri, a space engineering and development boutique firm for defense and intelligence, in an $800 million deal.
Jul 28, 2020
Airbus Helicopters said it has completed the first tether-free flight of its VSR700 vertical takeoff and landing rotary-wing unmanned air system.
Jun 16, 2020
Heidi Wood, an aerospace and defense analyst-turned-strategist, will temporarily take over pilot training and simulator provider CAE’s defense and security group after recent hire Todd Probert left for a job in the U.S. national security realm.
Jun 12, 2020
The Pentagon is canvassing industry to gauge whether other companies besides F-35 incumbent Lockheed Martin are capable of fulfilling a performance-based logistics (PBL) contract.
Jun 11, 2020
Czech aerospace firm Aero Vodochody has new owners following its sale by private equity firm Penta Group.
Jun 02, 2020
U.S. defense prime contractors and aerospace OEMs will sell their 20-year-old industry consultancy Exostar to private equity buyer Thoma Bravo
May 29, 2020
U.S. Navy’s training system search; Finland seeks export OK for fighters; an Army SHORAD slowdown; and satellite sensor design advances.