ThinkstockThe defense and security contracts just keep piling up at Elbit Systems (NASDAQ: ESLT). Yesterday, the Israeli defense contractor announced its second big contract win in as many months, a $133 million contract to…
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 for the…
ThinkstockEmerging from the Memorial Day weekend, the staff at the Department of Defense got back to work yesterday, awarding nine defense contracts in its Tuesday evening announcement of contract awards. A total of $127…
Heading into the Memorial Day weekend, the staff at the Department of Defense announced only two defense contracts in its Friday evening announcement of contract awards. Both went to Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), the…
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 to U.S.…
ThinkstockThe Department of Defense awarded 17 defense contracts in its Wednesday evening announcement of contract awards. The total value of these contracts was $574.8 million. Among the publicly traded companies winning contracts: Raytheon (NYSE:…
Wikimedia CommonsOrders for 30 planes were enough to push Boeing (NYSE: BA) past the 2,000 mark for orders of the 737 MAX this week. But then Boeing went ahead and recorded 45 orders more.…
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a series of recommendations that the agency has developed as part of its investigation into the battery fire in a 787 Dreamliner in January of 2013.
Photo: Saab Last year, America’s biggest defense contractor, Boeing (NYSE: BA), suffered a terrible blow. Down (way) south of the border in Brazil, the government suddenly accelerated planes to choose a new fighter jet to…
Credit: Lockheed MartinThe Department of Defense awarded only six defense contracts in its Wednesday evening announcement of contract awards. The total value of these contracts was $87.4 million. The following publicly traded companies won…
Credit: Lockheed MartinThere are Russians running around Crimea. Chinese warships are prowling the Pacific and doing doughnuts around the Indian Ocean. Drug cartels boast military-grade weapons in their arsenals in Mexico. And in Iraq, the…
ThinkstockDesalination projects. Global warming monitoring. Green energy. These are just a few of the new lines of business that the world’s biggest defense contractor, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has been exploring in recent years as a way…
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: United Technologies’ (NYSE:…
ThinkstockThe Department of Defense awarded 13 defense contracts in its Monday evening announcement of contract awards. The total value of contracts awarded was $583.4 million. Among the publicly traded companies winning contracts: Roche Holdings…
ThinkstockThe Department of Defense awarded 13 defense contracts in its Monday evening announcement of contract awards. The total value of contracts awarded was $583.4 million. But one single company, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), claimed…