Large spans of water and a lack of strategic depth in some countries make airborne early warning assets a valuable commodity for air forces in the region.
Though Boeing’s 737-9 is now allowed to return to service after close inspections, the FAA’s decision to freeze production at current levels is a huge blow.
As a major F-35 program upgrade stalls shipments, Lockheed executives reconsider their appetite for risk with the Next-Generation Air Dominance program on deck.
We may be witnessing the slow demise of what was once the world’s greatest aerospace company, with few identifiable roadblocks to an act of self-immolation.