MilitaryBoeing, Embraer Plan Second Joint Venture for Defense Market Boeing moved a step closer to establishing a strategic partnership with Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer Thursday, announcing a pending $3.8 billion majority ownership stake in a commercial aircraft joint venture as well…
MilitaryBoeing Developing Performance Analytics with Singapore Defense Agency Boeing and a Singaporean defense agency agreed Thursday on a joint research and development project on data analytics to better understand how well military aircraft are performing and predict future needs for…
MilitaryElbit's Half-Billion-Dollar IMI Systems Acquisition Gets Israel's Approval Elbit Systems has reached an agreement with the Israeli government for the tender of state shares related to the company’s pending $495 million acquisition of IMI Systems, which is also based in Israel.…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman's Acquisition of Orbital ATK Goes Through After Some Promises The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday evening approved the acquisition by Northrop Grumman of Orbital ATK contingent on Northrop Grumman agreeing to operate its new solid rocket motor (SRM) business independently to avoid…
MilitaryUS Customs Wants New Early Warning Radar for P-3 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) this week issued a request for information to industry for market research on new airborne early warning (AEW) radar for some of its P-3 surveillance aircraft typically flown…
RegulationTSA Wants to Take Airport Security Into the Future As the U.S. Transportation Security Administration prepares to further test next-generation technology at airport security checkpoints, the agency wants to align the procurement of new carry-on baggage scanners and the related automated…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Won't Bid to Keep Producing F-35 Sensor, GPS III After Solid Q1 Northrop Grumman opened its fiscal year 2018 with solid results, driven by improved operating performance, lower taxes and a pension benefit and an upgraded earnings outlook for the year. Northrop Grumman officials…
ConnectivityCyberattacks on Connected Aircraft Are Happening Right Now As commercial aircraft increasingly become connected to the larger Internet of Things, the potential for safety risks also rise, the head of Thales’ business operations in the U.S. said Wednesday. There have…