Due to moderate oil prices and the relatively low level of technology of weapons involved in the attack, the effect on A&D is likely to be muted for now.
A scheduled flight-testing battery for a new crop of hypersonic and long-range weapons is putting pressure on operational test and evaluation sites to keep up.
Five defensive concepts, including one by Boeing and two each submitted by Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, were downselected from a pool of 21 proposals.
Electric X-57 arrives; low-boom X-59 CDR; UK backs fuel-cell propulsion; Nordic electric aviation; GE pursues megawatt power; Equator electric seaplane.
New board-level safety committee has been established, with the changes designed to elevate internal safety concerns, address varying regulatory environments.
“I’d be a little cautious about being all-in on that experiment,” says Frank Kendall, former Pentagon undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics.
