Supply Chain

Aerospace suppliers are taking different approaches on whether to cut employees as they wrestle with the fallout of the Boeing 737 MAX production halt, with some already doing so while others announce they will not.

Airbus has reached an “agreement in principle” with France’s financial prosecutor (Parquet National Financier or PNF), the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and U.S. authorities, the company confirmed Jan. 28.

The city-state’s air bases are increasingly vulnerable. It obviously sees STOVL as an answer.

The whistleblower contends Lockheed Martin has been applying a chemical to seal the C-130J’s integral fuel tank that may have long-term health consequences for those applying it and others nearby.

RIP Boeing Phantom Express; UK offloads AWACS aircraft; CMV-22B delivery imminent; UK upgrading training helo requirements.

Total deal value in 2019 grew 62% to almost $94 billion compared with 2018, PwC says.

BAE Systems’ move to bulk up its U.S. defense subsidiary with the acquisitions of a core piece of the erstwhile Rockwell Collins and a competitor unit to rival prime L3Harris Technologies will come at a premium, analysts said.

BAE is expected to pay $1.925 billion for Collins’ GPS business and another $275 million for Raytheon’s radio business

The Pentagon continues to assess whether signing a five-year performance-based logistics (PBL) contract with Lockheed Martin is the most cost

Leonardo to replace U.S. Navy TH-XX; U.S. seeks ground-based radar; French firms team to develop sigint platform; Japan's pilot training.

Investment firm L Squared Capital Partners is looking to acquire small companies focused on aerospace and defense.

Boeing’s Oklahoma City military MRO campus has changed landlords.

British aerospace and defense supplier Meggitt has invested in HiETA Technologies, another UK company that focuses on metal additive manufacturing.

NATO alliance wants AFSC ready for 2035 when its Boeing E-3 Sentries are finally retired.

Aerospace and defense Tier 1 giant Safran has sold off software and systems engineering unit Base2 Solutions.

Publicly traded shares of aerospace and defense companies around most of the Western world ended 2019 about 34% above where they began a year ago, and 6% better off than major stock market indices, Wall Street analysts said in year-end reports.

Japan is allowing three years to tighten the concept design for the NGF. The latest drawing suggests heightened emphasis on range.

Aerobond has been acquired by WHI Global.

Textron will not become a pure aerospace and defense company in the near term.

Whether more management heads roll at Boeing remains to be seen now that Dennis Muilenburg has been fired as chief executive.

LONDON – The British government has approved the £4 billion ($5.2 billion) takeover of defense company Cobham by U.S. private equity firm Advent. Late

Honeywell is partnering with iTRACE and SecureMarketing to fight counterfeit activity in the e-commerce market of aerospace products using blockchain tech.

Though tensions with Pakistan remain high, New Delhi is struggling to spend more to modernize.

Private equity-backed Shimtech Industries has purchased Fastener Technology Corp.

Airbus is beginning talks with workforce representatives to address cost structure and boost the division’s long-term competitiveness.