Private equity investor Main Street Capital Holdings on Dec. 18 said it has created a new company, Compass Precision, to acquire precision metal manufacturers, including in the aerospace and defense sector.
Days after Boeing announced a coming halt to production of its 737 MAX, the first forecasts to emerge from financial analysts covering aerospace and defense (A&D) still see good business prospects for the sector in 2020 but with several caveats, and with far cloudier horizons.
Private equity investors Main Street Capital Holdings on Dec. 18 said it created a new company, Compass Precision, to acquire precision metal manufacturers.
Days after Boeing announced a production halt of the 737 MAX, the three major U.S. credit rating agencies have turned slightly negative on the manufacturer with new outlooks that stress growing demands on the company’s credit access and softening cash prospects.
Honeywell is partnering with iTRACE and SecureMarketing to fight counterfeit activity in the e-commerce market of aerospace products using blockchain tech.
Although market research has started to replace the USAF's E-4B NAOC fleet alone, the search continues for a single aircraft that could replace not only the NAOC but also U.S. Navy’s E-6B TACAMO fleet and the C-32A “Air Force Two” executive airlift fleet.
The DOD has launched a new effort to streamline the process for getting information about hostile radar emitters into the threat libraries of combat platforms.
