Aerospace & Defense

Opinion: Aviation Industry May Be Vulnerable to Cyberattack Through Its Global Supply Chain

April 20, 2018

Brian Prentice and Paul Mee, Oliver Wyman, Forbes contributors

In March, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a troubling alert: Since the same month two years before, Russian state-sponsored hackers had been infiltrating the nation’s electricity grid and various infrastructure industries, including aviation, collecting information on how the networks were organized and what systems’ controls they had in place.

Showcase Your Company's Supply Chain Excellence — Three Days to Submit

March 28, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and SupplyChainBrain welcome your entries for the 14th Annual Supply Chain Innovation Award (SCIA) competition.

Showcase Your Company's Supply Chain Excellence — Final Days to Submit

March 26, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and SupplyChainBrain welcome your entries for the 14th Annual Supply Chain Innovation Award (SCIA) competition.

Dress for Success: Boeing, Ford Test Exoskeletons for Employees

March 14, 2018

Industryweek

Musculoskeletal issues account for 33 percent of all workplace injuries, quietly stealing worker quality of life and plant productivity. Major manufacturers from Ford to Boeing have found industrial exoskeletons sometimes are the best answer.

Amazon, Google, Others Are Developing Private Air-Traffic Control for Drones

March 13, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

The commercial drone industry wants to create a privately funded and operated air-traffic control network, separate from the current federal system, to enable widespread operations at low altitudes.

Airbus May Stock Up on Aircraft Parts to Avoid Brexit Delays

March 6, 2018

Industryweek

Airbus SE may need to stock up on the parts it needs to build wings at its U.K. plants to avoid the risk of delays to deliveries once Britain formally leaves the European Union.

Why Corporate America Hates Trump's Tariffs Proposal

March 6, 2018

Fortune

President Donald Trump has proposed tariffs on aluminum and steel that he says will put the country first. But a broad swath of corporate America strongly disagrees, saying the levies will boost prices on everything from cars to beer and force companies to cut jobs.

Airbus Shows Off Its New Automated Delivery Drone Service in Singapore

February 13, 2018

Fortune

Airbus is enthusiastically pushing into the drone segment — the company showed off its Alpha One drone taxi earlier this month — and now it has for the first time demonstrated drone-based package deliveries.

100+ Senior Military Logisticians and Engineers to attend Combat Support Week in London

January 31, 2018

Australia Aims to Break Into Top 10 of Global Defense Exporters

January 30, 2018

Bloomberg

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said his nation is aiming to break into the Top 10 of global defense exporters and is creating a A$3.8bn ($3.1bn) fund to help boost shipments.

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