Supply Chain

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.

This webinar took place April 29, 2020 How is rapid sustainment of the U.S. Air Force fleet being impacted in the era of COVID-19? The average age of

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.

IT needs commercial vendors that understand the importance of cybersecurity on the ground as well as in space.

U.S. Air Force moves forward on LRSO and GBSD without a competitive bidding process.

The world’s largest defense contractor has issued another round of accelerated progress payments to its supply chain.

For KAI’s KUH-1 Surion helicopter program specifically, the delivery schedule and planned production quantities remain unchanged, a spokesperson says.

The first crewed flight test in NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is targeted for a May 27 launch.

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How Lockheed exceeds expectations; Italians may buy AW169; U.S. Air Force fuel-saving solution; Russia studies light fighter.

The coming weeks and months will be full of big announcements about business changes. Here are three factors affecting A&D supply chains.

Deemed to be an essential service, defense manufacturing avoids pandemic shutdowns.

F-15QA’s vertical climb; a new Space Acquisition Council; how to deter China and Russia; and defense execs advise White House.

Heico leaders said late April 15 they have laid off “some” employees across their aerospace and defense supplier portfolio and have cut work hours and pay at subsidiaries, but they are trying to avoid mass-layoffs as the COVID-19 pandemic rolls back the worldwide aerospace business.

The U.S. Army plans to beef up legacy aviation platforms for future multidomain fight.

A linchpin of the Army’s aviation modernization is still on track, but pressure is growing.

No one uses the words apocalyptic or cataclysmic—yet—but without a doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on aerospace and defense manufacturing will

Howmet Aerospace has eight mostly smaller manufacturing plants that are closed because of the coronavirus, the company’s chief executive said late April 14, and more were shuttered in March when the Pittsburgh-based supplier was still part of Arconic.

Spirit AeroSystems—the primary supplier to Boeing including for much of the 737 MAX and which does substantial defense industry work—warned Wall Street on April 14 it will record a roughly $160 million loss for the recently ended first quarter of 2020, as well as a pretax loss of around $102 million.