Defense Supply Chain Analysis
Apr 30, 2021
Dave Calhoun is giving himself a dual mandate of returning Boeing to financial eminence while reinstalling engineering prowess. The gambit could decide the embattled company’s fate.
Apr 28, 2021
The cost to develop, sustain and operate the multibillion-dollar F-35 fighter is mounting, and senior House Democrats are pushing back.
Apr 14, 2021
The “fleet” of defense competitors has been growing in recent years, and new entrants may have different tactics, resources and goals.
Apr 08, 2021
The Pentagon needs a task force that can share best practices across services.
Apr 07, 2021
The company revealed new images of the first Dream Chaser and its Shooting Star cargo module in assembly for a 2022 debut spaceflight.
Jan 04, 2021
Michele Evans, the executive vice president for Aeronautics at Lockheed Martin, died on Jan. 1, the company said.
Dec 28, 2020
Lockheed Martin announced on Dec. 28 that it had delivered 120 F-35As in 2020, a year complicated by supply chain disruptions of the program’s global production system.
Dec 21, 2020
The agreement on the all-cash transaction includes a $5 per share, pre-closing special dividends to Aerojet’s shareholders, reducing the post-dividend value of the deal to $4.6 billion.
Dec 16, 2020
Private equity firm Charger Investment Partners late Dec. 15 announced it had acquired a majority stake in Advanced Composite Products and Technology.
Nov 17, 2020
Additive manufacturing machine maker 3D Systems said it is on the verge of finishing one of the world’s largest, fastest most precise powder metal 3D printers for U.S. Army Research Laboratory use toward long-range munitions, helicopters, air and missile defenses.
Nov 05, 2020
The new chief executive of Kaman, which recently downsized to focus on aerospace and defense, expects to pursue mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and to implement a new business operating system to squeeze higher margins out of the supplier’s operations.
Oct 30, 2020
The contract with a $700 million ceiling value could result in orders for up to 2.906 ACES 5 ejection seats over the next decade, beginning with a task order to replace the ACES 2 seats in the Boeing F-15 fleet.
Oct 29, 2020
The San Diego-based company announced winning a contract on October 29 for a program that provides professional services for U.S. federal agencies.