ThinkstockThe Pentagon awarded seven defense contracts in its Wednesday evening announcement of contract awards, totaling $540.4 million. By far, the largest of these contracts, allocating nearly 83% of all funds on offer…
Source: Stratolaunch SystemsRussian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin wants to kick the United States off the International Space Station. Even worse — he might be able to do it. Last week, responding…
ThinkstockThe Department of Defense awarded nine defense contracts in its Tuesday evening announcement of contract awards. The total value of contracts awarded was $340 million. Among the publicly traded companies winning contracts:…
Global military spending was down in 2012 for the first time since 1998. Based on figures compiled by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), 24/7 Wall St. examined the 10 companies…
courtesy Boeing Co.Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was to release a budget proposal Monday that would reduce the size of the U.S. Army to levels not seen since before World War II. So,…
The Australian Air Force will buy eight P-8A Poseidon spy planes from Boeing for $3.6 billion. The U.S. Navy already plans to purchase 117 of the planes, and Boeing is selling 12…
Despite last year's sequester and numerous walls of worry to climb, the defense and aerospace stocks have shined. In a new research report, UBS suggests that most of the money has been…
ThinkstockThe economy has never gone back into major expansion mode after the recession. After all, the financial media often doubts the bull market, and the Federal Reserve and other central banks are…
courtesy Boeing Co.Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) is the first of the defense contractors to acknowledge how badly it has been gored by the federal government’s slowdown in military spending. Its layoff of…
Courtesy Lockheed Martin Corp.Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT), the world’s largest defense contractor, had said on Friday that it would furlough some 3,000 employees as a result of the federal government shutdown.…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Thursday, July 25, 2013. They include Caterpillar, Facebook, Ford, Sequenom and Northrup Grumman.
ThinkstockOne in every five jobs in the United States required a high level of knowledge in science, technology, engineering or math as of 2011. Since the industrial revolution, the share of these…
News is out almost daily of China and other nations stealing sensitive data in hack attacks and via corporate espionage efforts. Most of the time it is over bank security, utility and…
courtesy Boeing Co.Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is known rather well for making sector-moving research calls that create ripples due to the vast amounts of money that can flow in and…
courtesy of AOL, IncThe European Central Bank may begin to identify weak banks and deny them aid. (Reuters) Foxconn, once one of Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) largest suppliers, says it needs additional…
