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The U.S. Army has awarded a $6.7 billion firm, fixed-price production contract to Oshkosh Defense to build approximately 17,000 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles.
A letter from California Congresswoman Jackie Speier to Air Force Secretary Deborah James demandes to know why the program cost for the Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B), or B-3, has jumped 76% in one...
Boeing said that it plans to cut several hundred jobs due to cuts in defense spending, a lack of orders for new satellites and the failure of the U.S. Congress to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import...
The U.S. Navy is planning to test the carrier version of the Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35C, aboard the aircraft carrier Eisenhower during the first few weeks of October.
Qantas retained options on 20 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and purchase rights for an additional 30, and it announced Thursday morning its intent to exercise its options on eight of the aircraft.
When the chief financial officer of Boeing met with analysts last week, he was asked if there could be more orders for the 767.
U.S. Air ForceThe U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) last week released its 2015 strategy review, “Securing the High Ground,” primarily a guide for updating and modernizing the existing...
The Boeing Co.Four months ago the Government Accountability Office questioned the likelihood that The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) would be be able to perform enough testing on its KC-46A refueling tanker...
Airbus said Monday morning that India’s largest airline, budget carrier IndiGo, has confirmed its order for 250 of the company’s new A320neo planes.
ThinkstockU.S. spending on national defense is tightening, but it is still a vast sum. Depending on what is counted, the grand total including items for retirement benefits, the Department of...
The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Air Force have announced a multiple-award contract with a ceiling of nearly $21 billion for Air Force Training Systems.
Wells Fargo has added AerCap to the firm's Priority Stock List after its earnings report on Tuesday.
ThinkstockOrbital ATK, Inc. (NYSE: OA) has an upcoming investor presentation this week at the Jefferies Industrials Conference. It seems that one other analyst thinks there is value here now that the...
courtesy of Precision Castparts Corp.The word on the Street is that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) may spend $30 billion (or likely more) to acquire Precision Castparts...
In July, Boeing added 101 orders for new commercial planes to its order book, while rival Airbus took just 26 new orders in the month.