Defense Supply Chain Analysis

Oct 04, 2022
A web of challenges is holding back aerospace and defense from exceeding expectations, especially labor and supply chain issues.
Sep 15, 2022
All F-35 deliveries remain halted until the Pentagon approves a waiver or an alternative source enters the supply chain in late October.
Sep 08, 2022
Northrop Grumman quietly developed a nickel-alloy combustor that could unlock a decades-long hurdle to rapid propulsion.
Sep 02, 2022
Everyone needs to brush up on the fundamentals, and nothing can be taken for granted.
Aug 26, 2022
Program managers are in the middle of the maelstrom, wrestling with issues many have never dealt with in their careers. Aviation Week editors discuss what they heard at the 2022 Program Excellence Evaluation Team meeting in August.
Dec 05, 2022
The U.S. Defense Department is working with the contractors who are building critical munitions for Ukraine to find sticking points in their supply chains.
Dec 01, 2022
The new Office of Strategic Capital aims to help with the development of key technologies with new connections to funding.
Dec 01, 2022
But just days later Trappier appeared on French radio to say that the German-Spanish announcements had been premature.
Nov 30, 2022
First delivery of the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft to the RAF has been pushed back 12 months.
Nov 24, 2022
In the first pictures published of the twin-engine TF-X since manufacturing began earlier this year, Turkish Aerospace appears to have completed most of the forward and rear fuselage with much of the main wing fitted to the aircraft.
Nov 17, 2022
Russian officials hailed the delivery as a sign that the indigenous supply chain can continue to meet delivery milestones, despite Western sanctions.
Nov 14, 2022
Members of German aerospace trade body BDLI say Berlin should call for a role for German industry in its acquisitions of Boeing CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters and Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.
Nov 11, 2022
The Space Force has paid attention to how SDA is preparing for its biggest threat—cyber attacks—and is following suit, according to SDA's director.