Business
No-Bid Maintenance Contract Sweetens Air Force One Deal for Boeing
A newly released contracting document reveals details about the $3.9 billion deal to buy and modify two 747s for presidential use.
Business
Boeing Is Pitching the US a New F-15, Using Its Super Hornet Game Plan
The company convinced the Trump administration to buy advanced F/A-18 jets. Can it do the same with the the F-15?
Business
If Your Weapons Aren’t Cyber-Hardened, Expect to Lose Pentagon Contracts
The Pentagon intends to start assessing its weapons’ resistance to hacks, instead of leaving that to manufacturers.
Business
At UK Air Show, CEOs and Military Leaders Talk Trump, Tariffs, and Allies
Two very different scenes played out in Europe in the days leading up to this week’s Farnborough Air Show.
Business
After Crash, Air Force Ends Test Flights of Light-Attack Planes Vying for Contract
Weeks after a Naval aviator was killed in a Super Tucano, Air Force leaders say the competition is back on for propellor-plane key to the Afghanistan war.
Business
Marines to Buy New Amphibious Combat Vehicle from BAE Systems
The armored personnel carrier will replace the four-decade-old Amphibious Assault Vehicle.
Business
Global Business Briefing with BAE Systems' President and CEO Jerry DeMuro
On June 19, 2018, DeMuro talked about running a defense company in the era of Trump.
Business
Predicting When Weapons Will Break is a Hot New Market. Microsoft Wants In.
The company touts its commercial artificial intelligence as ripe for the military.
Business
Two Companies Picked To Protect Nation’s 600 Dams from Cyberattacks
The Interior Department awarded spots on a five-year, $45 million contract to manage IT risk for more than 600 dams nationwide.
Artificial Intelligence
Here’s How Google Pitched AI Tools to Special Operators Last Month
Even as the company drew back from its work on Project Maven, a sales team was going full steam ahead at a big SOF conference.
Business