Business/Financial

By Calvin Biesecker Boeing [BA] yesterday posted a modest increase in fourth quarter net earnings despite flat sales driven by higher sales and earnings of commercial planes. The increase in […]

By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] has entered into a licensing agreement with Netherlands-based Stork-Fokker to explore ways in which the two companies can combine efforts on the extended range variant […]

Boeing [BA] yesterday said it has entered into an agreement with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and two leading Indian information technology companies to develop wireless and other network […]

Boeing [BA] last week said it was awarded a $20 million contract to provide an AH-64D Apache Longbow Crew Trainer (LCT) and life-cycle support to the Egyptian air force. "We […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] was awarded a foreign military sale contract for $35 million to deliver advanced, open-architecture combat systems to modernize four Tupi-class submarines, one Tikuna-class submarine and one shore-based […]

General Dynamics [GD] European Land Systems last week said its General Dynamics Santa Barbara Sistemas operations in Spain has signed a $64 million contract with the Spanish army for the […]

Sea Launch Co. LLC, until now providing launch services for non-governmental or dual-use customers, will seek contracts from NASA to provide cargo re-supply missions to the International Space Station, according […]

Budget Deficits Projected To Swing To Surpluses Vast Improvement In Federal Finances In Next Decade Could Be Enough To Permit Giant Funding Gains For NASA, Missile Defense, Other Federal Programs […]

The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Try, Try Again. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said last week that Republicans thwarted the Democrats’ efforts last […]

By Jen DiMascio The nation’s two largest defense contractors–Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT]–are expected to announce today that they will join forces in an effort to make the Air […]