Supply Chain

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.

Month-old Raytheon Technologies is slashing billions of dollars in costs and other retrenchments, including workforce cutbacks, as commercial OEM and aftermarket revenue could be halved this year in the wake of COVID-19.

Rolls-Royce says it is “actively pursuing” changes to its business to better align with medium-term market conditions as the coronavirus pandemic hits engine production and maintenance volumes.

Frozen for now, the bonfire of A&D consolidation will roar again as COVID-19 leads to a shakeout in the lower tiers.

The U.S. Army is checking in daily with Boeing to evaluate how facility closures in India related to the spread of the novel coronavirus may delay delivery of Apache attack helicopters.

Leaders of aerostructures supplier Spirit AeroSystems already are envisioning a dramatically different company as COVID-19 upends commercial air

MQ-25 clears system design review; U.S. approves FMS to Philippines; Northrop, Raytheon’s NGI team; defense industrial base reopenings.

After a late start, European industry is moving to close gap on high-speed missiles.

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

Both Boeing and Airbus are looking at what they can do to survive COVID-19’s impact, but it may also affect future airliner development.

Embraer’s C-390 should be able to hold its own on the global market, despite the Boeing joint-venture setback.

After a late start, European industry is moving to close gap on high-speed missiles.

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Nuclear mission drives Berlin toward a U.S.-made Super Hornet over concerns about Eurofighter B61 integration.

The spread of the novel coronavirus has changed the way the Defense Department views its supply chain and the military is beginning to understand where the industrial base is “hyper efficient but very brittle,” according to the U.S. Navy acquisition executive.