Supply Chain

China is reaping rewards from investment in air-to-air missiles, exports are beginning to follow.

U.S. defense prime contractors and aerospace OEMs will sell their 20-year-old industry consultancy Exostar to private equity buyer Thoma Bravo

U.S. Navy’s training system search; Finland seeks export OK for fighters; an Army SHORAD slowdown; and satellite sensor design advances.

Aerospace and defense firm Cobham has snapped up the defense business of British composite manufacturer Tods Aerospace after it was placed into administration.

U.S. federal agencies have formally petitioned the FCC to reconsider its order allowing Ligado Networks access to spectrum near GPS.

Six U.S. military bases are gearing up to receive adversary air services from industry with the possibility of a European expansion.

As this new decade begins, 2020 is shaping up to be a groundbreaking year for the burgeoning space tourism industry. A report issued by UBS, the

New F-15EX and B-52 engine suppliers vie to compete for major orders.

Commercial aviation disruption spreads to defense supply chains as crisis deepens.

Training and simulation provider CAE believes it has plumbed the depths of the business decline it has experienced from the coronavirus pandemic

The defense sector is faring well in the COVID-19 crisis, but gargantuan new levels of government debt signal trouble ahead.

Special Forces looking for low-cost options to support ground troops in remote areas.

Four launches will reduce risk for key technologies behind DARPA’s Blackjack autonomous LEO constellation demonstration.

Among major trends COVID-19 is expected to spur in A&D manufacturing is the big will gobble up others or take back more work.

Lockheed Martin now expects to deliver 18-24 fewer F-35s in 2020 than the program’s 141-aircraft goal due to supply chain disruptions caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic, the company said May 19.

The 160th Special Operations Regiment is eager to shed hand-me-down fleets, but will Army decisions let them?

Ask the Editors: With availability of Fed-backed private sector funding, large aerospace companies are unlikely to rely on CARES Act.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

As many as a fifth of lower-tier suppliers in aerospace and defense could exit the sector over the next 18 months as COVID-19 disrupts the commercial aviation market and hurts the defense industrial base, seasoned supply chain experts have told Aviation Week.

The lessons of German air raids from 80 years ago are suddenly relevant when the best thing British citizens can do is stay home.

Ask the Editors: Thales and Safran have different focuses, and Safran’s defense business is much smaller than Thales’.

Democratic control of the White House likely will not be negative for defense but would introduce some new factors and issues.

Blue Origin, Dynetics and SpaceX win NASA contracts to develop systems to land astronauts on the Moon.

Along with other measures, such as 30-50% cuts to cash wages, the reduction in force should still mean the company at a minimum remains at cash breakeven.

The Air Force looks to Agility Prime and eVTOLs as a potential model for engaging with commercial technology innovators.