Defense Supply Chain Analysis

Jun 24, 2022
The OEM produced the T-7A in only three years, but challenges remain before the process can green-light its next all-new airliner.
Jun 14, 2022
The pinnacle of aviation manufacturing could be located in the Blue Ridge Mountains and see everything under one roof.
Jun 09, 2022
Embraer believes it has identified the right strategy to emerge from the crisis and build a broader industrial portfolio.
May 24, 2022
There are three broad scenarios for Russia’s future and supply chain considerations for the West.
May 19, 2022
Supply chain disruptions are flaring, but Spirit AeroSystems remains confident. One quiet project helps explain why.
Oct 10, 2022
Deliveries were halted after the discovery of a Chinese supplier at a low level of the supply chain, but a waiver has now been granted that applies to those F-35s awaiting delivery.
Oct 07, 2022
The fuselage for the Hungarian Air Force’s first KC-390 transport aircraft is complete and awaiting fitment of the wings.
Oct 05, 2022
A South Korean lawmaker says that the Republic of Korea Air Force's Lockheed Martin F-35As were classified as “operationally unready” on 234 times over an 18-month period ending in June.
Oct 03, 2022
L3Harris Technologies’ move to acquire Viasat’s Link 16 Tactical Data Links product line for roughly $1.96 billion will bolster the former’s effort to remain a large, trusted disruptor for the U.S. military, while also providing cash for the latter, which is reshaping its portfolio ahead of its own major acquisition.
Sep 29, 2022
The Spanish Defense Ministry has awarded local industry with contracts to investigate “possible evolutions of the challenges of national defense, the air domain, and will detail possible solutions to face them.”
Sep 13, 2022
Boeing is making a large bet on its ability to win future fighter programs to the tune of more than half a billion dollars for four state-of-the-art fabrication, production and assembly facilities that are purpose-built for combat aircraft.
Sep 13, 2022
The U.S. Air Force now offers the mobile ad-hoc networking technology to international partners with light attack aircraft.
Aug 09, 2022
International sales would depend on Seoul allowing the release and export of certain UAS technologies and capabilities.