Aerospace and Defense 2021

When the world experiences a major economic slowdown, and we should expect similar pressures following the COVID-19-induced global recession

Boeing confident it has resources to meet airlines’ demand.

Initial phases of FCAS may cost €8 billion but could bring combat cloud technology to the frontline by 2030.

The specter of a renewed threat from Russia prompts Eastern European countries to raise their defense game.

The UK is adding billions to its defense budget, but spending plans are in flux until the Integrated Review reports.

While Russia’s defense budget is likely to flatten, Putin will maintain his focus on the nation’s strategic forces.

Pinched by COVID-related economic woes, New Delhi is still prepared to buy what it needs to counter border threats in Ladakh.

The defense budget is likely to reach 2.4% of GDP within two years. Slow naval programs will consume much of the money.

Major transit hubs have proven to be particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 crisis as connectivity falls apart.

A decade of research and simulation is transitioning into a flight test series of autonomous aircraft projects in 2021.

Despite the pandemic, the industry continued to make progress in sustainability, space, aviation safety and more.

Beyond COVID-19, the new leadership team at the Pentagon will inherit a huge modernization agenda.

The Boeing-Airbus duopoly cannot count on widebody sales anytime soon, so their hope is to get narrowbody production back to normal.

All four RQ-4s have been delivered and all 40 F-35As will be in 2021. So the 2021 acquisition budget is not rising much.

Although the ministry has requested a 3.3% rise, something closer to the 1.5% average of the past eight years is more likely to happen.

A business model that has long had its doubters will be facing tougher competition in the post-pandemic era.

A four-year-old strategy to boost spending levels for defense faces its greatest test in the wake of Canada’s COVID-19 response.

Demand trends during the pandemic and recovery should favor LCCs over larger legacy airlines.

U.S. back in human spaceflight business.

A crop of developmental projects are set to come to fruition over the next 12 months as new projects enter the design phase.

Public trials of SpaceX satellite broadband service are underway.

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Chances are you have never heard of an SPAC. But you or someone you know might be working for one in 2021—and you could be an investor.

Modernization and rotary-wing fleet renewal is a priority for defense’s new spending spree.

The U.S. Air Force continues exploring nontraditional means to expand air-launched munitions capacity.