Supply Chain

EPlane, an electronic marketplace startup for aviation aftermarket parts and MRO, announced March 24 that it landed $9 million in new funding from Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corp.

CPI Aerostructures of Edgewood, New York, said March 24 it will remain open and operating after state officials branded it an “essential business” to keep going while Albany leaders otherwise roll out a shelter-in-place mandate for New York residents.

The troubled stories of the L-1011, C-5A and Lockheed from over 49 years ago and today’s headlines about the 737 MAX, KC-46 and Boeing are converging

The Pentagon will pay up to 90% of billed work immediately for large contractors and 95% for small businesses.

Marcel Dassault hired Saget as a test pilot in 1955 and later appointed him chief test pilot.

The Pentagon is in talks on invoking the Defense Production Act to support the government’s response to COVID-19.

With the defense industrial base formally declared "critical infrastructure," the Defense Department is emphasizing the supply chain's "special responsibility" to maintain schedules.

Aerospace manufacturing has awakened to a nightmare. Customer demand could swoon as air travel is crippled, battering a sector already reeling from narrowbody and widebody cuts alike.

Original estimates for costs, schedules and quantities of the Lockheed Martin F-35 upon contract award in October 2001 proved highly unreliable over

The U.S. Marine Corps has opted to pursue an unmanned family-of-systems instead of having one large expensive air vehicle.

Airbus UK and Rolls-Royce have joined a list of companies that have responded to a British government call for the rapid production of medical ventilators to treat people suffering with the COVID-19 virus.

Jim Taiclet, a relative outsider, could herald big changes at Lockheed as the Pentagon’s top contractor changes CEO.

Eighteen months after Boeing/Saab team won the T-X contract, the T-50 and M-346 continue to compete for USAF deals.

Boeing called for the U.S. government to provide a minimum of $60 billion in aid to the aerospace manufacturing community in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis that has cratered air travel and could trigger a worldwide recession.

Boeing said late March 16 that Heidi Capozzi, senior vice president of human resources, is leaving in early April “to pursue another opportunity.”

Advanced ICBMs drive faster schedule, but can MDA deliver?

Leonardo says its takeover of Swiss helicopter manufacturer Kopter will help it accelerate the “development of capabilities” for light, single-engine helicopters.

The U.S. Air Force is looking to complete the EC-37B Compass Call acquisition program in advance of a possible production line shutdown.

Pratt & Whitney, a former opponent of fighter engine competitions, seeks to overturn the sole-source award for the F-15EX.

Italian aerospace and defense company Leonardo says operations are continuing normally despite the national lockdown.

Record deliveries of the Rafale fighter helped Dassault Aviation’s revenues reach unprecedented heights last year.

New data from independent arms trackers show U.S. defense prime contractors and other weapon providers grew their arms exports by 23% in the second

Companies such as Teledyne, TransDigm and Heico are leading a breed of A&D players with “horizontal” external growth strategies and impressive track records.

Triton production halted; Maxar sees geospatial services growth: FAA certifies training simulator and issues with nuclear modernization.

An old friend is about to crash the party in A&D manufacturing and MRO: Howmet Aerospace. But it might not be so friendly this time.