Defense

Carter unveils plans and delivers observations that could weigh on defense company strategies and how those businesses are valued.

Boeing and Lockheed Martin together have been lead integrators for 95% of the Air Force’s bomber and strike aircraft.

Deeper dive into Air Force requirements and the competing teams’ capabilities establishes Northrop Grumman as an overwhelming favorite to produce the LRS-B.

A look inside how Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy autonomously refueled an unmanned aircraft in flight, and what it could mean for aviation

U.S. Navy faces a choice between reducing risk and reducing competition for the Uclass carrier-based unmanned aircraft if it keeps X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrators flying.

An extra $5 billion set aside in the U.S. Air Force’s black and white budget plan for fiscal 2016 is largely dedicated to projects for shoring up and protecting space assets, says Air Force Lt. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, military deputy to the service’s procurement czar.

Saab has unveiled a major upgrade of the JAS 39C/D Gripen’s radar, intended to double its detection and tracking range and give it the ability to track low-radar-cross-section targets.

Navy pursues system that will reduce the amount of helium used by Navy divers.

A “green” fuel is intended to make hot meals cooked in the field safer—from an environmental standpoint.

U.S. Navy testing advanced aerial mines with built-in guidance, as well as deploying new mine-detection systems

Malaysia’s defense minister discusses concerns about ISIS, the ongoing hunt for MH370 and long-term goals for Asean nations, among other topics.

Are some A&D companies becoming too good at business? Many are acting like well-oiled corporations, doing all the right things for their owners and executives—but maybe not for the nations they serve.

BAE may not be leading the pack of its TPC peers, but it is managing its business portfolio and it is a leading performer for the Pentagon.

We have seen some incredible leaps forward in technical innovation. We also have seen some incredible leaps backward in other areas.

Wall Street can favor individual A&D companies or the sector as a whole, even as others lament mediocre program performance.

If not for a growing tailwind benefit of how Lockheed accounts for its pension liabilities, as well as its FX hedging and other asset-management accounting moves, its 2014 financial results and TPC scores would look worse.

Shareholders in aerospace and defense are reaping benefits more often associated with blue chip companies.

House to fund some Navy unfunded priorities, Virginia lawmaker keeps an eye on Uclass, more support for taking ATC out of FAA and aerospace companies collaborate with government space plans.

TPC rankings are the result of a composite scoring of four equally weighted performance categories that place significant emphasis on operating excellence.

Byron Callan ​ Director Capital Alpha Partners Tom Captain Vice Chairman, Global A&D Sector Leader Deloitte Antoine Gelain ​ Managing Director Paragon European Partners Steven Grundman ​ Principal, Grundman Advisory Lund Fellow at the Atlantic Council Harlan Irvine Principal Deloitte

An unexpected threat to European air traffic is being posed by uncooperative military aircraft flying in busy international airspace.

As NATO and Russia are stepping up air patrols in and around Eastern Europe – including an increasing amount of flights with transponders turned off – aviation safety officials are scrambling to keep the skies safe for commercial airlines.

Zephyr unmanned solar-powered aircraft showing promise as surveillance and communications platform

Israel’s air and missile defense systems completes one more step toward fruition; fourth test phase slated for later this year.

The U.S. Navy is committed to using UUVs for the dangerous mission of clearing waterways of mines, but developmental issues are proving thorny.