Defense Supply Chain Analysis
Jul 10, 2020
Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston says in an interview how the RAF is adapting to COVID-19 and looking ahead to transformative initiatives such as ASTRA.
Jul 10, 2020
Airbus Defense & Space CEO Dirk Hoke talks with Aviation Week about COVID impact, Europe’s big defense initiatives and other challenges.
Jul 08, 2020
Near-term acquisition programs are hardly altered. Most proposals will go ahead late in the 2020s or in the 2030s.
Jul 02, 2020
Will the Senate boost a secret missile? House may back third launcher; New trainers for South Korea; and Embraer’s third KC-390.
Jun 30, 2020
Eager not to see a repeat of the 2014 Gripen referendum, the Swiss government aims to persuade the public of the need for new fighters.
May 29, 2020
Aerospace and defense firm Cobham has snapped up the defense business of British composite manufacturer Tods Aerospace after it was placed into administration.
May 29, 2020
As this new decade begins, 2020 is shaping up to be a groundbreaking year for the burgeoning space tourism industry. A report issued by UBS, the…
May 19, 2020
Lockheed Martin now expects to deliver 18-24 fewer F-35s in 2020 than the program’s 141-aircraft goal due to supply chain disruptions caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic, the company said May 19.
May 06, 2020
The U.S. Army is checking in daily with Boeing to evaluate how facility closures in India related to the spread of the novel coronavirus may delay delivery of Apache attack helicopters.
Apr 28, 2020
The spread of the novel coronavirus has changed the way the Defense Department views its supply chain and the military is beginning to understand where the industrial base is “hyper efficient but very brittle,” according to the U.S. Navy acquisition executive.
Apr 24, 2020
The world’s largest defense contractor has issued another round of accelerated progress payments to its supply chain.
Apr 24, 2020
For KAI’s KUH-1 Surion helicopter program specifically, the delivery schedule and planned production quantities remain unchanged, a spokesperson says.
Apr 13, 2020
Israel-based defense contractor Elbit Systems, which has a major U.S. subsidiary, acknowledged issues in its operations on April 13 and said it started carrying out unspecified “cost-control measures to help limit the financial impact on the company.”