Supply Chain

The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency on Oct. 22 published a sources sought notice seeking responses from companies interested in providing a long-term performance-based logistics contract for the A-10 fleet.

Ask the Editors: A wave of consolidation in A&D has arrived due to COVID-19, the worst aerospace downturn since the dawn of the Jet Age.

Future trainer could tutor pilots for European Future Combat Air System.

While public investors avoid A&D as effects of COVID-19 ripple across industry, private equity is rushing in.

A “request for solutions” (RFS) published Oct. 14 on beta.sam.gov by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane seeks new production technologies for carbon-carbon and ceramic matrix composite materials in a vertically-integrated production facility.

Honeywell said Oct. 7 it acquired privately held Rocky Research, a Boulder City, Nevada-based specialist in thermal, energy and power management solutions, and will add the boutique to its Honeywell Aerospace division.

If these come true, we will have a much different jetliner supply chain architecture by the mid-2020s.

South Africa’s Paramount Group says it is expanding its MRO capabilities in the U.S. to support the growing fleet of Dassault Mirage F1s that will be used for red-air aggressor operations for the U.S. Department of Defense.

The return of a downcycle harbors major changes to the commercial aerospace supplier base.

Boeing has a successor supplier program to its infamous Partnering for Success (PFS), but it is not picking up much traction yet, according to one new industry survey.

Companies have developed the tools to build new electronics on the first pass, and the government should embrace faster development.

As industry ranks are decimated, OEMs and top-tier companies already are worried about losing too many talented workers.

Aerospace companies are mapping strategies to meet both employee and business needs in an uncertain future.

Multiple industry projects are underway as the U.S. Air Force seeks to redefine design requirements for an attritable propulsion system.

Many companies miss the chance to reinvent for the future and leapfrog the status quo.

Longtime CEO Neal Keating handing over the reins to newcomer Ian Walsh on Sept. 8.

KBR will acquire Centauri, a space engineering and development boutique firm for defense and intelligence, in an $800 million deal.

How the F-35 program is quietly replacing its logistics system known as ALIS with ODIN.

Bell has opened a facility here to support multiple company programs and business areas, including engineering, supply chain, professional manufacturing and corporate services.

BAE Systems will build a full-scale fuselage section of the notional Tempest design in its factory of the future trials.

Leaders who embrace digital transformation can help hard-hit companies rebound from the pandemic.

Airbus Helicopters said it has completed the first tether-free flight of its VSR700 vertical takeoff and landing rotary-wing unmanned air system.

With memories of failed acquisition attempts still fresh, US Army leaders are defining a new approach to deliver FLRAA and FARA programs

Over 20 years, demand on the F/A-18 and EA-18G electrical power generation system led to low readiness levels for the entire fleet.

He prioritizes new airplanes over aftermarket business and looks ahead to the company’s next airplane.