Supply Chain

The United Arab Emirates' defense company Edge Group plans to build loitering munitions in Spain as part of a production partnership with local supplier Indra.

The U.S. military plans to spend $1 billion to take an ownership stake in a future L3Harris Technologies spin-off focused on solid rocket motor production for tactical missiles.

Analyst Byron Callan joins Aviation Week editors to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s attack on contractor profits and his plan to boost defense spending by 50%.

The U.S. and Taiwan will co-produce 155mm artillery shells in an expansion of joint defense manufacturing efforts, Taiwan’s Armaments Bureau said on Jan. 12.

Israel has rarely shied away from defense industrial challenges, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to wean the country off U.S. military financing support sets the bar at a new level.

China conducted the first flight of a domestically developed 3D-printed turbojet engine in November 2025.

The UK says its effort to rapidly develop a conventional ballistic missile under the recently launched Project Nightfall is aimed at arming Ukraine.

The Spanish defense and aerospace electronics company says the acquisition will allow it to position itself in the growing uncrewed traffic management market and bolster its UK presence.

An industry team made up of some of the biggest names in European missile development has secured funding to develop a hypersonic glide vehicle demonstrator.

The program looks poised to thrive in a world where the U.S. has alienated its best friends.

Aerospace and defense electronics company Teledyne RISI has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the U.S. for providing nonconforming aircraft parts to the military.

The Pentagon says it has agreed to boost output of Patriot PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors to 2,000 missiles per year.

ReElement Technologies has secured a $200 million investment from Transition Equity Partners to ramp up critical minerals production in Marion, Indiana.

Cambium Biomaterials, a California-based startup that manufactures advanced materials for aerospace and defense, raised $100 million in a funding round.

DARPA is taking a hard look at the quizzical, quantum-mechanics-based hardware.

The Pentagon will provide $18.5 million in funding to Lattice Materials, a manufacturer of advanced defense optics systems.

TransDigm has signed a definitive agreement with private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners for Stellant Systems for around $960 million in cash.

Poland’s Armament Agency has finalized a $4 billion agreement with South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace for the local production of Chunmoo CGR-080 guided rockets.

Boeing has resumed F-15EX deliveries quickly after the end of a 15-week strike—but budget data shows the U.S. Air Force program is well behind schedule.

Howmet Aerospace said Dec. 22 it is buying the Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing fastener and fittings business from Stanley Black and Decker.

Honeywell's aerospace segment will record a $470 million financial charge in Q4 2025 for Flexjet-related litigation payments.

French President Emmanuel Macron has said the country will proceed with plans to build a new aircraft carrier.

The French Defense Innovation Fund and MBDA have taken a stake in NanoXplore, a company specializing in reprogrammable special-purposes semiconductors.

Defense boom drives 10-year value of military aircraft deliveries to $1.19 trillion.

The defense technology sector is riding high heading into 2026, shrugging off concerns of a bubble.