AEROSPACE AND MILITARY NEWS
How federal staff cuts and procurement freezes left America’s aerial firefighting fleet at risk Emergency Management & Procurement Desk Cameron Hamilton got confirmed as FEMA Administrator on August 7. A few hours later, Congress left for a five-week recess, right as hurricane season peaks and Western wildfires are running about as bad as they’ve run in years. The confirmation filled a chair that had … Read More “Flashing Red “ »
Two versions of the aerospace supply chain are operating at once this summer, and they rarely appear in the same story. In one, Boeing and BAE Systems are threading advanced electronic warfare suites into 59 South Korean fighter jets under a contract worth close to three billion dollars. In the other, a small trading company registered in … Read More “Shadow Networks and Electromagnetic Shields: Inside the Dual Realities of Modern Aviation MRO “ »
MANAMA, Bahrain — The missile that hit the U.S. Fifth Fleet’s command compound in Juffair on July 15 never touched Bahrain International Airport directly. The blast wave, however, crossed four kilometers of reclaimed shoreline, shattered hangar glass at Bahrain Airport Services and sent licensed technicians running for shelters, tools still hanging from open engine cowlings. “You cannot run precision … Read More “The Silent Grounding: Iran’s Missiles and the Quiet Collapse of Gulf Aviation Maintenance “ »
How South Korea’s MRO Unbundling Outmaneuvers the U.S. Defense Logistics Lock Sparks fly off a precision milling head on the floor of a retooled Hanwha Aerospace facility in Abu Dhabi. Six months ago, this line cast howitzer hulls. Now it’s cutting fuselage tooling for South Korea’s KF-21 fighter. In Seoul, a thousand miles away, officials at the Defense … Read More “The Sovereign Escape Hatch “ »
Beijing’s sanctions list includes mining companies most analysts wrote off as symbolic. On April 23, the Defense Logistics Agency published a solicitation that went unnoticed outside a narrow slice of the procurement world. The document described a worldwide Maintenance, Repair, and Operations contract with a ceiling of $10.4 billion, serving as the mechanism through which the Department of War intends to consolidate military … Read More “The $10 Billion Blockade “ »
