Defense Supply Chain Analysis
Mar 29, 2024
The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act directed the secretary of defense to secure critical minerals from “reliable sources.”
Mar 28, 2024
Had these transactions happened, the industry today would be almost unrecognizable.
Mar 19, 2024
Rising demand for weapons stocks is driving a review of European missile manufacturing.
Mar 15, 2024
General Electric is dead—long live GE Aerospace. Behold the newest pure-play aerospace and defense giant.
Mar 08, 2024
Talks to acquire troubled aerostructures supplier Spirit Aerosystems hold big implications for Boeing—and Airbus. Our editors break it down.
Jan 23, 2026
David Lockwood, who has been Babcock CEO since September 2020, will be replaced at year's end by the head of the company’s nuclear business, Harry Holt.
Jan 22, 2026
Hadrian, a startup which is building automated factories for the defense sector, has launched a 3D printing division.
Jan 22, 2026
Crucial for defense and scarce due to China’s export controls, samarium was recently named the most vulnerable critical mineral by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Jan 21, 2026
The U.S. Navy now plans to brief industry on a concept for a new family of ship-launched ballistic missiles in February.
Jan 20, 2026
Emirati defense group Edge and Qatar’s Barzan Holdings are to create a joint venture and begin cross border defense industrial cooperation.
Jan 16, 2026
Leonardo’s autonomous rotorcraft demonstrator Proteus has made its long-awaited first flight.
Jan 13, 2026
The Department of Defense will invest $150 million to produce gallium in Louisiana.
Jan 13, 2026
The Defense Department has unveiled a new strategy meant to hasten the adoption of new artificial intelligence technologies.