Defense Supply Chain Analysis
Jun 12, 2020
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Jun 09, 2020
Growing demands from airframe, mission systems drive Joint Program Office to plot a propulsion revamp.
Jun 05, 2020
Lurking beneath the surface are enormous supply chain risks that extend well beyond supplier viability and attrition.
Jun 04, 2020
The U.S. is girding to ward off China’s influence on western A&D after COVID-19. But unanswered questions make it a long, hard slog.
Jun 03, 2020
China is reaping rewards from investment in air-to-air missiles, exports are beginning to follow.
Apr 13, 2020
A Lockheed Martin employee working at the Fort Worth facility where the F-35 is assembled died several days after informing the company he felt ill with COVID-19-like symptoms, Lockheed said on April 13.
Apr 08, 2020
Arlington Capital Partners, a private equity group focusing on aerospace and defense, is bolting on more assets to its AEgis Technologies brand for U.S. national security customers.
Apr 06, 2020
Key aerospace and defense suppliers Woodward and Hexcel have called off their planned merger due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, ending a three-month saga that always baffled many industry insiders and has since been overtaken by survival necessities.
Apr 03, 2020
The workforce cuts are the second wave to be unveiled this year by the key supplier of proprietary aerospace and defense parts.
Apr 03, 2020
The Pentagon’s leading contractor by annual sales has committed to providing $106 million in accelerated payments to suppliers, up from $53 million it promised March 27.
Apr 03, 2020
Boeing will suspend production at its Philadelphia facilities for two weeks as Pennsylvania battles against the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 01, 2020
The U.S. Air Force is applying its method of drawing innovative ideas into the service to help provide aerospace suppliers struggling in the COVID-19 downturn with the cash flow they need to stay in business, Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said during a wide-ranging conversation with reporters.
Mar 27, 2020
The KC-46 program can recover easily from a two-week pause and the Air Force acquisition executive says he has “no reason” to believe Boeing will extend the production pause.