Defense Supply Chain Analysis

Jun 18, 2021
Lockheed Martin’s goal to reduce the F-35A’s cost per flight hour to $25,000 by 2025 is not fully within the company’s control.
Jun 16, 2021
Michael Griffin, former NASA administrator and head of R&D for the Pentagon, reflects on acquisition reform and hypersonic technology.
Jun 11, 2021
Final assembly and a localized supply chain proposed if UK opts for the Leonardo AW149 for its medium helicopter need.
Jun 11, 2021
In a wide-ranging interview, Boeing chief David Calhoun says the company won’t be rushed into launching a new airplane.
Jun 10, 2021
Diversified portfolios due to consolidation and similar spending on R&D by large contractors may be part of the answer.
Mar 04, 2021
The bipartisan task force will review the industrial base supply chain to identify threats and vulnerabilities.
Mar 01, 2021
Canadian pilot training and simulator leader CAE has announced its fourth acquisition in as many months, marking a major move into the U.S. military market with the purchase of rival L3Harris Military Training for $1.05 billion, the companies said March 1.
Feb 24, 2021
Italian flagship aerospace and defense company Leonardo has reiterated its intent to sell off its Arlington, Virginia-based U.S. operations called DRS, marking the second time since last fall that the company has commented on the sales effort.
Feb 24, 2021
For the first time, Raytheon Technologies subsidiary Collins Aerospace and the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency have agreed to a performance-based contract structure that allows the team to forecast future gearbox repair parts and spares needed for U.S. Air Force B-2 and F-16 aircraft.
Feb 15, 2021
A committee of UK lawmakers has called upon the country’s defense ministry to stop doing business with British companies owned by Chinese or Russian parents.
Jan 26, 2021
Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon’s leading contractor by sales, will prove its “culture of cash” for shareholders in the coming years after returning almost $4 billion in dividends and share buybacks in 2020 despite the COVID-19 crisis, tempered F-35 deliveries and slowing space work near term.
Jan 22, 2021
Airbus Helicopter is proposing its H175 twin-engine super-medium rotorcraft as a potential replacement for the UK Royal Air Force’s (RAF) aging fleet of Airbus Puma medium-lift platforms.
Jan 21, 2021
Jack London, the longtime face of and driving force behind government services contractor CACI International, has died at age 83, the company announced late Jan. 20.