Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Small and midsize enterprises, with revenue measured in tens or hundreds of millions of dollars, are expected to dominate the M&A and deal-making circuit this year.

U.S. national security relies on forward presence in many ways big and small. Technology and defense ambassadorial outposts like DIUx are simply the latest edge of the spear.

Aerospace and Defense is confronting human-replacing advances such as digitization, 3-D printing, automation, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and connectivity, all of which are likely to reduce jobs in the industry.

When it comes to pursuing a new middle-of-the-market aircraft, the biggest questions for now are why, not how.

Washington will always be home to protests, even if most don’t amount to anything.

Many analysts see budget revelations as proof recent R&D efforts will be protected in future Pentagon spending plans.

Despite a negative shift in stock market sentiment this month, most analysts remain cautiously optimistic about A&D’s prospects for profitmaking.

The big consumer electronics show in Las Vegas recently drew A&D eyeballs with chatter over autonomous cars, UAVs and the technology tie-in with the Pentagon’s Third Offset.

Through partnerships and investments, defense primes and OEMs are increasingly turning the page away from the old playbook of acquiring and subsuming new technology.

A look at the space business shows the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Not all activist shareholders are Gordon Gekko, and not everything they represent is bad for the A&D industry.

After the LRS-B award, many industry observers are waiting for another shoe to drop when it comes to M&A or divestitures. They could be waiting in vain.

New Pentagon report shows subcontractors vastly outpacing prime contractors’ profit margins.

Dec. 11 is close to Christmas and ought to bring tidings of good cheer. But as the new “fiscal cliff” deadline approaches, it could feel a lot more like Halloween.

SpaceX and other new players in the A&D field may change the way heritage providers do business.

People laughed when forecaster Adam Pilarski said that oil prices would collapse. Now he’s warning about an aircraft order bubble.

Market factors show the twin-aisles are very healthy now and will prevail as the aircraft of choice for most airlines going forward.

Volatile commodity prices and currency exchange rates threaten the defense spending outlook, but there are positive flip sides for governments and defense contractors alike.

Congress leaves town for summer break without reauthorizing the Ex-Im bank as a fuming Boeing threatens to shift operations overseas.

Is this the beginning of the end of the great A&D stock boom?

Despite some naysayers in the U.S. A&D sector, most suppliers from overseas view the U.S. as a vibrant market where capitalism at its finest plays out.

The annual airshow event in Europe always helps boost M&A, but this year could be a record-setter.

Federal spending cuts and declines in stock value signal a rocky road for the government IT and services providers.

Many players in the aerospace and defense arena are opting to take on more debt ahead of the projected rise in interest rates anticipated this fall.

Rolls’s results were worsening in a way not seen since the worldwide financial crisis of 2008.