Defense Supply Chain Analysis
Jul 12, 2024
As fixed-price deals signed years ago continue to burden balance sheets, Boeing Defense and Space is focusing on smart growth opportunities.
Jul 12, 2024
Will engine-makers be enticed to try to meet requirements for the two new notional civil and military aircraft that need an engine that does not yet exist?
Jul 12, 2024
While aerospace and defense companies have lately enjoyed an embarrassment of riches in demand, that has exposed severe weaknesses in their ability to execute.
Jul 11, 2024
Mounting losses have prompted greater caution among some defense companies as Pentagon officials stand by fixed-price acquisition strategies.
Jul 10, 2024
After a challenging start, France, Germany and Spain’s Future Combat Air System is progressing toward demonstrator flights.
Jul 25, 2024
Dassault Aviation said it delivered six Rafale fighters to France in the first half of the year.
Jul 25, 2024
Management seems sanguine about the company’s ability to return to the black.
Jul 24, 2024
Additive manufacturing is at the heart of the supersonic demonstrator that BAE Systems is building to support development of the Global Combat Air Program's fighter.
Jul 24, 2024
Speaking at Farnborough Airshow, CEO Yoav Tourgeman says Rafael is committed to R&D funding despite needing to ramp up production as its backlog rises.
Jul 23, 2024
TAI has launched assembly of the next two Kaan combat aircraft prototypes but issues within the supply chain are pacing the indigenous program.
Jul 22, 2024
Concerns remain about the impact of Boeing’s acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems on the supplier’s defense business, as the key focus of the OEM’s move remains on fixing issues with the commercial side.
Jul 19, 2024
Rolls-Royce says its work on the engine for the Boeing MQ-25 uncrewed tanker is an entry point to potentially powering thousands of autonomous combat aircraft.
Jul 19, 2024
Newly public Loar Holdings is buying Applied Avionics of Fort Worth for $385 million in cash.