We see an underappreciated risk in the aerospace supply chain regarding Russian titanium. Industry focus has been on sanctions, but we see a possibility that Russia could choose to stop selling titanium products to the OEMs, hampering ability to ramp-up production. We dive deep into VSMPO-AVISMA.

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KONSTANTINIVKA, Ukraine — Ukrainian soldier Vitaly hasn’t taken his Australian Bushmaster troop carrier back to the front-line for two weeks. He can’t.

Five of his comrades were captured by the Russians in the open green fields of the sprawling Donbas region of eastern Ukraine before he and his…

BOISE, Idaho –– The Idaho Army National Guard’s 1st of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment conducted its first live-fire training and certification using the Army’s modernized M1156 Precision Guidance Kit during the battalion’s annual training in the Orchard Combat Training Center May 12-27.

“The…

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator (BAMS-D) returned from Fifth Fleet to its home base at Pax River June 17, marking the end of a 13-year deployment, originally intended to be just six months.

The unmanned aircraft landed at Pax River shortly after 2:…

Even before COVID-19, the Defense Department had identified supply chain vulnerabilities for things like microelectronics. There, the onset of the pandemic exacerbated a problem the department was already aware of. But the pandemic also highlighted other areas of supply chain vulnerability in the U….

AUGSBURG, Germany — The [prime] contractor Damen Naval and RENK have signed a contract to supply gearboxes and innovative electric propulsion systems, initially for four new 126 Class (F126) frigates for the German Navy.

In the process, the Augsburg-based propulsion specialist continues its dec…