The U.S. Air Force awarded contracts to three contending teams of contractors angling for a deal to replace the 16 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar Systems (JSTARS) planes currently in the fleet.
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 Homeland Security,…
In order to make money you have to spend money. Among those who live by those words are defense contractors.
According to the Federal Procurement Data System, the top 10 federal contractors in fiscal year 2014 raked about half of all dollars awarded.
Boeing has announced that it had received two orders for its Boeing Business Jets from two unnamed customers.
Anticipating rising Defense Department budgets, UBS analysts are very positive on three stocks now.
Lee Jackson Defense contractors General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman both reported first-quarter results before markets opened on Wednesday.
The Air Force needs to come up with a fleet of 350 new trainers at a time when the U.S. defense budget is under pressure both from lower appropriations and sequestration.
The Moody’s Investors Service outlook on the global aerospace and defense industry for the next year to 18 months is stable, but some factors could change that outlook to negative.
Wednesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades include Harley-Davidson, Micron Technology, Sonus Networks, Starwood Hotels and Tesla Motors.
ThinkstockDefense contractors met with U.S. Department of Defense officials and members of Congress last week at a conference sponsored by Credit Suisse. On Monday morning, the bank’s analysts released a brief report…
A new research report from Deutsche Bank raises price targets on four top defense stocks, and the firm also remains bullish on defense spending.
Worldwide military expenditure shrunk in 2013 for the second consecutive year, falling by 1.9% to $1.75 trillion. The 100 largest arms-producers sold a combined $402 billion worth of arms and military services in 2013,…
With a new Congress in Washington, and a lot of discord around the world, UBS is very bullish on the following three top defense stocks for 2015.
Lee Jackson Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls include ADP, Cigna, First Solar, Garmin, LINN Energy and Synchrony.
