Manufacturing & Supply Chain

With about $40 million a year to spend, the agency’s Convergent Aeronautics Solutions project has so far funded 15 subprojects in three annual selection rounds.

Expect the trade deal to loom large after the election as the A&D industry is offers full support, despite opposition from both U.S. presidential candidates.

Digitization of the aerospace and defense industry could be one of the biggest changes in the next five years.

Program execution is re-emerging as a make-or-break factor for companies as the focus shifts from selling to delivering across A&D.

The FAA as a growth opportunity might be hard to see sometimes. But it isn’t just the FAA that beckons opportunists.

While the environment is not quite recessionary, industry can expect a business slowdown this year.

There are several ways Brexit may play out, and not all of them end poorly for industry.

Northrop Grumman’s newfound devotion to R&D spending is laudable, but hold off on the ticker tape parade just yet.

An unusual paradox is playing out across the Western A&D sector: consolidation and new competition are increasing together.

Remember the point Darth Vader made to Adm. Motti during the war council scene in “Star Wars IV?” Don’t choke.

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.