Program Management

Industry stakeholders need to start looking ahead and taking steps that will position them for a rapid recovery.

Unconventional compound rotorcraft faces off against winged helicopter to become the Army’s next armed scout.

Large contractors should fare relatively well in 2020, compared to other sectors, although there are risks to weigh as well.

British scientists and academics are studying the potential use of diamond batteries to provide long-lasting energy resources that could power small satellites and sensors.

Airbus is faced with an avalanche of requests for delivery deferrals and is preparing for substantial production cuts as many of its customers struggle with the impact of COVID-19 coronavirus on air transport.

With cases of COVID-19 on the rise, NASA shutters Stennis and Michoud centers.

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

Some aerospace suppliers' production facilities are based on continuous processes, as opposed to the manufacturing of discrete objects, and the current COVID-19 coronavirus crisis is therefore creating headaches about operational continuity, an analyst has warned.

Advanced ICBMs drive faster schedule, but can MDA deliver?

NASA looks to industry power train demonstrators to advance electrified aircraft propulsion.

The U.S. Army has granted Bell and Sikorsky project agreements for Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competitive demonstration and risk reduction (CD&RR).

NASA spending could reach $50 billion by the first Moon landing in 2024.

COVID-19 crisis could be turning point in A&D supply chains for reasons besides disrupted operations and sudden collapse in air travel.

The Launch Challenge, intended to show “anywhere, anytime” capability to launch smallsats to LEO, ended without the prize money claimed.

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

The five-year spending plan for the Advanced Battle Management System comes with some new and unique strings attached.

Government funding to play a key role as industry looks to apply electric propulsion technology to larger aircraft.

Certifying aircraft structures is a long, complex and costly process. Integrating a simulation environment covering the full simulation chain can mitigate automation and standardization challenges for airworthiness certification. Read this paper to learn more.

The success of the growing commercial space industry is at risk.

Delegation is here to stay, and manufacturers are—and always have been—accountable for ensuring regulatory compliance.

The effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak are severe, manifold, complex and could be catastrophic for some airlines.

Ukrainian engineers are helping Chinese industry with the study of engine designs.

In a breakthrough use of computer vision, Airbus makes swift progress in its autonomous takeoff-and-landing project.

Undoing Boeing’s stockpile of roughly 900 grounded, parked and partially built MAXs and recoordinating its supply chain could take years.

Next-Generation Interceptors could be emplaced in the ground by the end of the decade.