Supply Chain

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

Jonathan Berger
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
MRO

By Steve Trimble
New F-15EX and B-52 engine suppliers vie to compete for major orders.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Commercial aviation disruption spreads to defense supply chains as crisis deepens.
Supply Chain

By Bill Carey
Training and simulation provider CAE believes it has plumbed the depths of the business decline it has experienced from the coronavirus pandemic
Maintenance & Training

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

By Steve Trimble
Special Forces looking for low-cost options to support ground troops in remote areas.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Michael Bruno
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.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
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.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The 160th Special Operations Regiment is eager to shed hand-me-down fleets, but will Army decisions let them?
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Michael Bruno
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.
Supply Chain

Air Vice Marshal Ian Gale
The lessons of German air raids from 80 years ago are suddenly relevant when the best thing British citizens can do is stay home.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois
Ask the Editors: Thales and Safran have different focuses, and Safran’s defense business is much smaller than Thales’.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Byron Callan
Democratic control of the White House likely will not be negative for defense but would introduce some new factors and issues.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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

By Michael Bruno
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.
Supply Chain

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

By Michael Bruno
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.
Marketplace

By Tony Osborne
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Lee Hudson
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.
Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Leaders of aerostructures supplier Spirit AeroSystems already are envisioning a dramatically different company as COVID-19 upends commercial air
Manufacturing & Supply Chain