Defense Supply Chain Analysis
Jan 29, 2026
A weapons and combat aircraft manufacturing complex is rising out of Ohio soybean fields, representing Anduril’s bid to disrupt the defense industrial base.
Jan 28, 2026
Aviation Week editors share the highlights of Boeing's latest financials, touching on the manufacturer's positive turnaround, challenges ahead and program updates.
Jan 23, 2026
Analysts push for breaking up defense primes to boost valuations and meet market demands.
Jan 16, 2026
A new executive order and presidential posts on social media target legacy defense industry spoils, but will they work?
Jan 15, 2026
Large defense companies and startups alike are challenging the de facto duopoly of Northrop Grumman and L3Harris-owned Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Jun 10, 2026
Kongsberg completed the acquisition of a 90% stake of Zone 5 Technologies, a maker of low-cost cruise and interceptor missiles already in large-scale production.
Jun 10, 2026
Rafael would produce its Iron Dome air and missile defense system in Germany if Berlin opts to buy the system, company CEO Yoav Tourgeman says.
Jun 09, 2026
With Germany taking the lion’s share of new-production Eurofighters, Airbus Defense and Space’s final assembly line in Manching has not been this busy since the mid-2010s.
Jun 08, 2026
South Korea has reversed plans to scale back production of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-21 fighter, restoring the program to its original schedule.
Jun 08, 2026
Destinus is preparing the next step in its push to become a full-fledged rival to the likes of MBDA by designing rockets not just for the battle in Ukraine today, but for conflict tomorrow.
Jun 04, 2026
Spurred by unprecedented U.S. and international demand for missiles, Honeywell Aerospace is “aggressively expanding capacity” to boost supply of key components.
Jun 03, 2026
The U.S. government has approved a possible foreign military sale to Vietnam covering sustainment support for the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules.
Jun 02, 2026
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Firefly Aerospace subsidiary SciTec a contract to supply the operational data fusion system for the Cloud-Based Command and Control program.