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National Defense July 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Industry Targets $150B Weapons Maintenance Market Operations and support, or operations and sustainment, is military-speak for the unglamorous work of maintaining, refurbishing and overhauling Pentagon hardware, some of which is decades old.
National Defense March 2015 Valerie Insinna	Market for Performance-Based Logistics Grows Over the last decade, performance-based logistics contracts have become more popular in the military aircraft sphere, and budget pressures mean they are here to stay, experts told National Defense.
National Defense March 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Industry and Government Butt Heads Over Weapons Maintenance Contracts Repairing and maintaining decades-old inventory has been big business for the defense industry, and will continue to be despite funding cuts that will hit the Pentagon over the next several years.
National Defense January 2015 Sandra I. Erwin	Military Challenged to Maintain Decades-Old Aircraft The U.S. military operates fleets of Cold War-era aircraft that will not be replaced any time soon. For the Pentagon, this creates daunting challenges, experts warn. Airplanes will have to fly much longer than planned and, at a time of tight budgets, the cost of maintaining aging equipment is projected to soar.
National Defense September 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Military to Expand Outsourcing of Weapons Maintenance The Obama administration has unleashed plans to curtail outsourcing and bring more work in-house. But one area where the practice is not likely to slow down is weapons maintenance.
National Defense October 2010 Peter M. Steffes	Should Defense Overhead Reduction Plans Consider Maintenance Depots? As the Defense Department studies ways to squeeze more efficiency from the military's overhead accounts, experts have suggested the maintenance and repair depots could be an obvious target.
National Defense March 2014 Valerie Insinna	Military Taking Larger Role in Drone Sustainment As the conflict in Afghanistan draws to a close, the Defense Department finds itself having to maintain unmanned aircraft fleets with less money and fewer resources.
National Defense January 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Improving Maintenance Of Military Gear Requires Access to Information With a growing backlog of equipment repair and maintenance work, the U.S. military services and contractors are finding that, in order to expedite the job, they need computer systems that can share information across the supply chain.
The Motley Fool December 30, 2003 Jeff Hwang	Boeing Gains Navy Contracts Boeing will receive $9.6 billion from Super Hornet and EA-18G contracts.
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Aviation Force Gets Smaller, But New Aircraft Spending on Course The intent is to replace aging Navy and Marine Corps aircraft with fewer, but more technologically advanced systems.
National Defense March 2015 Valerie Insinna	Boeing Under Mounting Pressure To Deliver New Tanker Failure to deliver an initial 18 combat-ready KC-46A tankers by August 2017 could cut into the company's profits.
National Defense December 2012 Stew Magnuson	Boeing, Air Force Turn Page on Controversial Tanker Program The Boeing Co. in September opened the first of five planned systems integration laboratories for the Air Force's new KC-46 aerial refueling tanker program.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2004 Brian Gorman	Boeing's Ship Comes In Boeing's new contract to build aircraft for the Navy continues its string of positive news. The company's prospects remain good, but investors may want to wait for the shares to descend a bit before piling on board.
National Defense June 2013 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Fiscal Fight Takes Toll on Military Readiness During fiscal year 2013, the Defense Department was funded by temporary measures, or continuing resolutions, that put a huge crimp on operations and maintenance spending.
National Defense February 2016 Allyson Versprille	Lockheed Expands Training and Simulation Enterprise Lockheed Martin is increasing investments in training and simulation technologies with the expectation that international and domestic demand for such systems will remain strong, said executives for the defense contractor.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2011 Rich Smith	Boeing Scores Touchdown in India There's a new world order for U.S. defense contractors.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2009	Army, Marines Select FLIR Systems for Situational Awareness Technology FLIR Systems will put forward-looking infrared technology in the hands of more military personnel to improve their situational awareness.
National Defense September 2013 Valerie Insinna	Boeing Pushing to Keep F/A-18 in Production Boeing's F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets have been the dominant fighter jet on aircraft carriers for more than 30 years, but the landscape will change in the next decade as Lockheed Martin's F-35 begins to push out the legacy aircraft.
National Defense January 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Roche: Good Upkeep May Not Be Enough to Keep Air Force Flying The Air Force will continue to struggle to keep the fleet in war-ready shape, despite advances in logistics and maintenance, said James Roche, outgoing Air Force secretary.
National Defense August 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Combat Drone Project Exposes Pitfalls of Joint-Service Programs When the Pentagon quashed a multibillion-dollar Air Force-Navy combat drone program earlier this year, experts contended this was proof that joint service projects are doomed from the get-go.
National Defense June 2011	Logistics Division Elects New Chairman Lou Kratz was elected to lead the National Defense Industrial Association's Logistics Management Division.
National Defense June 2015 Scott Trail	Focusing on Cost Is Not the Answer For decades, defense acquisition reforms have aimed to reduce the cost of equipping our nation's defenders. Unfortunately, none of these reforms has produced the kind of reductions envisioned by their originators.
The Motley Fool September 17, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing's Brilliant and Timeless Bluff The C-17's demise has been predicted before. Here we go again.
National Defense March 2011 Stew Magnuson	Army Ponders Chinook Replacement As Upgrades Continue The F-models, which are produced at Boeing's Philadelphia factory, may be in service until 2040, or beyond. Yet the Army believes the time is now to begin looking at its future replacement.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing Defiantly Growls Reports of the airplane makers' demise are ... exaggerated.
BusinessWeek June 25, 2007 Stanley Holmes	High-Tech Weapons: A Loss Of Control? The Pentagon may be ceding too much power to Boeing and other contractors.
National Defense April 2010 Grace V. Jean	The Osprey: She is High Maintenance, but Marines Love Her Anyway Marine Corps officials have raved about the MV-22 Osprey's recent contributions to operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Haiti. But the Osprey is as high maintenance as it gets.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	In Brief Northrop Grumman to provide Theater Deployable Communications kits to Air Force... Air Force looks to ITT for night-vision goggles... Northrop Grumman wins Navy logistics contract for shipboard electronics... etc.
The Motley Fool March 13, 2008 Rich Smith	Quit Crying, Boeing Boeing has filed its long-anticipated protest on the KC-X Tanker contract with the U.S. Air Force.
Knowledge@Wharton	Managing Supply Chains: What the Military Can Teach Business (and Vice Versa) In reality, both worlds have an opportunity to learn from each other's mistakes and successes.
The Motley Fool May 6, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing Steals Lockheed's Thunder (Er, Lightning) Boeing is the contractor bleeding the most from the defense cuts that Defense Secretary Gates proposed last month. Yet (at the risk of mixing some metaphors) Boeing's showing that this old dog still has a few tricks up its sleeve.
National Defense June 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	CNO: Worries About Aviation Industrial Base Overstated Once the Navy begins buying Lockheed-made F-35s, it will no longer purchase Super Hornets from Boeing.
National Defense October 2014 Dan Parsons	International Chinook Sales Poised to Keep Boeing Humming Troops and military leaders from more than a dozen nations got a taste of what the Boeing Chinook helicopter can do by riding around in U.S. aircraft during combat in Afghanistan.
National Defense May 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Commanders Ponder How Best To Mend Battlefield Logistics A team of about 100 logistics experts dispatched to Iraq earlier this year pinpointed serious problems in the distribution of military supplies in the war zone, and is taking steps to solve them.
National Defense March 2010 Anand Datla	Government Contracting Culture Impedes Progress in Cybersecurity The government is spending billions of dollars on IT products and services but does not hold its vendors accountable for cyberintrusions.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2011 Katie Spence	When Will This Company Learn You Can't Get Ahead by Being Stupid? Boeing was undoubtedly aggressive with its tanker bid, and it looks like that's coming back to haunt it.
National Defense July 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	War Experience Provides Rationale For Marine Corps Logistics Reform U.S. Marines in Iraq generally are having an easier time managing and distributing battlefield supplies than they did during the early phases of the conflict more than a year ago.
National Defense March 2015 Sandra Erwin	Defense Logistics: Too Much Unwanted Inventory, Not Enough of What Is Needed The Defense Department has stocks of supplies the military doesn't use and sometimes not enough of what it really needs.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Rich Smith	An Open Letter to Boeing Here's what the aerospace giant needs to do to straighten up and fly right.
National Defense January 2011 Scott Hamilton	Outsourcing U.S. Defense: National Security Implications Politicians and labor unions demand that the Defense Department buy American when, in fact, the reliance on foreign suppliers has increased sharply in the last decade and is likely to do so even more in the future.
National Defense June 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	For Defense Industry, Lure of Shiny Objects Rapidly Fading The erstwhile dependable moneymakers in the defense industry no longer look like safe bets. Big-ticket weapon systems are being delayed, terminated, investigated or mired in endless reviews.
National Defense September 2014 Brady & Winn	Once Troubled C-17 Program Provides Acquisitions Lessons for Today The C-17 offers an example of how a troubled program can go from the brink of extinction at its outset to an award winning one today.
The Motley Fool May 29, 2009 Rich Smith	Say It Ain't So, Boeing The aerospace giant has landed more than $312 million in contracts to lease its ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle to the Navy and Marine Corps over the past two years.
IndustryWeek August 1, 2004 John S. McClenahen	Best Practices -- Piloting Materials Management Boeing believes its improved approach benefits customers, parts suppliers and itself. It "conservatively" estimates savings of 10% to 20% in maintenance materials costs
The Motley Fool August 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Boeing's Brinksmanship Rumors of the C-17's demise look greatly exaggerated. Will Boeing's Globemaster III go the way of the Spruce Goose? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 4, 2010 Rich Smith	Pentagon to Boeing: Get Real! And get used to it -- the F-35 is coming.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2009	U.S. Army chooses FLIR Systems' thermal technology Officials at the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, in Huntsville, Ala., required electro-optic and infrared technology for the Marine Corps Ground-Based Operational Surveillance System program.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004	Logistics for the Transformational Force The need for information dominance, as well as for smaller, lighter weapon systems on the battlefield, is pressing logistics to the forefront as military officials search for the most promising technologies that will speed crucial supplies to fast-moving forces.
The Motley Fool January 16, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing Wins by Default Continued delays in EADS contract to build A400Ms has led Britain to look to Boeing as an alternative.
National Defense April 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Changes on the Way for Army Logistics Ops The Army is not organized to rapidly set up a base of operations and launch a major campaign from an area that does not already have basic infrastructure.