MilitaryHarris, L3 Technologies to Create a New Merger of Equals Harris Corp. and L3 Technologies announced a blockbuster deal that would create the sixth-largest U.S. defense contractor with about $16 billion in sales and a market capitalization of $33.5 billion, with Harris…
CommercialDo Airports Need to Be Mandated to Adopt Cybersecurity Practices? Cybersecurity standards and best practices don’t appear to be widely adopted by airports and, given pervasive cyber threats, Congress should consider directing the adoption of these standards across the aviation industry, an…
UnmannedTrump Nominee for DHS Undersecretary Advocates Anti-Drone Bill Legislation in the Senate permitting the use of technology to defeat potential threats from drones is necessary to enable the testing and evaluation of these technologies in operationally relevant environments, a Department…
CommercialBoeing Buys Millenium Space Systems for SmallSat Solutions Boeing, which filed with government regulators in 2016 for a potential network of thousands of small satellites to provide global Internet access, has agreed to acquire Millenium Space Systems, a developer and…
CommercialL3 Forms ISR Segment out of Aerospace and Sensor Systems After Q2 L3 is consolidating its Aerospace Systems and Sensors Systems business segments into one focused on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) solutions for customers worldwide. The new Texas-based ISR Systems segment supplies sensor…
CommercialAs Boeing Global Services Grows, CEO Says Commercial Will Take the Lead As Boeing strives to grow its year-old services segment to $50 billion in revenue within the next nine years, Boeing Global Services CEO Stan Deal expects the commercial side of the business to…
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…