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The U.S. Air Force wants to replace its aging UH-1N helicopters on a sole-source contract with the Sikorsky division of Lockheed Martin.
At a meeting in France last week, Airbus executives reportedly said they expect new orders to top 700 in 2016, about 35% below the number of new orders the company added last year.
U.S. defense department officials are saying that the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program to replace the venerable Humvee is expected to be six months late.
In its most recent report on new orders, Boeing reported that as of April 12 it has received net new orders totaling 130 jets in 2016.
When Alcoa reported earnings on Monday, it lowered guidance based in part on decreased demand for aluminum from aircraft makers.
Analysts at Bernstein on Monday issued a note claiming that Boeing and its main rival, Airbus, will benefit from cost cuts for the rest of the decade.
Winning the U.S. Air Force contract for a new aerial refueling tanker was hard, but meeting the program's requirements may be even harder for Boeing.
On Saturday, Iran's official news agency reported that a delegation from Boeing will visit the country.
Boeing announced on Thursday that it had delivered a total of 176 commercial jets in the first quarter of 2016.
In a new Deutsche Bank report notes that while commercial aerospace is underperforming due to cycle concerns, defense stocks continue to gain Wall Street and investor attention.
The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive for all Boeing 787-8 and 787-9 aircraft that requires a revision to the flight manuals for the planes.
The United States spent $596 billion on its military last year, which is 2.4% of gross domestic product, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
The U.S. Army plans to add 29 MQ-9 Reaper drones to its arsenal in the current fiscal year at a cost of more than $11 million per unit.
Over the past five trading sessions, Boeing's stock has dropped about 3.9%, with the biggest part of the dip coming since last Wednesday.
Competition to supply a new landing craft for the U.S. Army was supposed to begin last year. A request for proposals is expected to be issued within the next few weeks, according to Defense News.