General Dynamics

By Joe Anselmo, Robert Wall
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno, Molly McMillin
Phebe Novakovic’s reign atop of General Dynamics has started sunsetting, and Danny Deep, currently president, will succeed her as CEO come the start of 2027.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Aviation Week Staff
LOCKHEED gets SEWIP award... SAFRAN progresses with European Southern Observatory mirror... New president for KEPLER COMMUNICATIONS US...
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GD supporting Nuclear-Armed, Sea-Launched Cruise Missile... DYNETICS gets MRADR award... New government relations chief for PBS AEROSPACE...
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Aviation Week Staff
Danny Deep has been appointed to the board of directors of General Dynamics, the parent company of Gulfstream Aerospace.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
SATELLOGIC reports positive quarter... GD elects Deep to corporate director position... VERTEX AEROSPACE gets F-5 labor cost adjustment award...
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By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream deliveries rise in Q2 with 41 jets shipped, boosting revenue 15% as demand for large-cabin business jets surges.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Boeing has $213m U.S. Navy contract modification for nonrecurring engineering to support reconfiguration of four P-8As purchased by foreign military sales customer.
Supply Chain

Aviation Week Staff
PRATT gets F135 sustainment award... BLACK WIDOW UAS integrated with tactical fires network... PELICO gets investment from AE VENTURES...
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Aviation Week Staff
RAYTHEON Air and Missile Defense Radar award ... GD declares quarterly dividend ... New CIO at KARMAN ...
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By Michael Bruno
When General Dynamics reported first-quarter 2026 earnings last week, the company blew past Wall Street’s expectations for earnings per share.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Michael Bruno
The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran slowed aerospace orders at General Dynamics, but the division still managed to record a book-to-bill ratio of 1.13.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
DLR has begun flying the Proteus, an uncrewed aircraft designed to fly with either a reference conventional wing or an experimental morphing wing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army wants a different platform than the Stryker to replace the remaining Avenger batteries for mobile, short-range air defense (M-SHORAD).
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Certo Aerospace, the UK startup developing the Capstone rotary-wing UAS, has demonstrated the potential of the system in the anti-submarine warfare role.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
The industry has long demurred on major capex or capacity increases in favor of issuing shareholder returns, both public and private.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
Large defense companies and startups alike are challenging the de facto duopoly of Northrop Grumman and L3Harris-owned Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Flat panel satellite antennae maker Kymeta is changing leadership as it pursues more defense work.
Satellites

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream Aerospace recorded higher orders and deliveries during the third quarter of 2025, spurred by the economy and new products.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Gulfstream will deliver its first G800 ultra-long-range business jet “very soon,” says the head of General Dynamics, its parent company.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space, competing for the Space Force’s first batch of R-GPS satellites, has demonstrated integration of an early iteration of the hardware and software.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Lockheed Martin is seeing signs that supply chain pressure on solid rocket motors is easing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A backlash to President Donald Trump’s foreign policy decisions is raising pressure on the F-35 orderbook, and dozens of planned deliveries are being reviewed.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream Aerospace deliveries and revenue rose in 2024, executives report.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The outgoing Biden administration is laying the groundwork for the larger U.S. strategic force championed during the first Trump administration.
Budget, Policy & Operations