A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
As Boeing scrambles to conserve cash in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the $4.2 billion merger with Embraer has become a casualty. The company announced that it was terminating …
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The merger of Raytheon and United Technologies Corp (UTC) is now complete, creating a $74 billion defense giant in the process. The new Raytheon Technologies is now third in terms …
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In what is set to be the largest merger of the decade, Raytheon and United Technologies Corp (UTC) are steadily moving toward their goal, capping a period of dramatic M&A …
Read Moreby Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. Having long been a conglomerate, UTC has decided that its operations would be better off as three independent companies. …
Read Moreby Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. The times they are a-changin’. In a move that has altered the commercial aircraft OEM landscape, Airbus has announced a …
Read Moreby Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. Thanks to nimble management, Honeywell has maintained a well-diversified portfolio that enables it to mitigate risks, and it has not …
Read Moreby Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. In a move aimed at gaining even more critical mass in its information technology services, General Dynamics has agreed …
Read MoreBy Richard Pettibone and Ray Jaworowski, Analysts, Forecast International. Boeing and Embraer have confirmed that the two companies are engaged in discussions regarding a potential combination, the basis of which …
Read Moreby Bill Ostrove, Space Systems Analyst, and Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. Behind all the sound and fury surrounding the recent UTC/Rockwell deal, Northrop Grumman quietly …
Read Moreby Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. Safran has announced that it will acquire seats manufacturer Zodiac Aerospace for approximately EUR8.5 billion ($9.1 billion). The new entity …
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