Government contracts explained: how agencies pick winners, score bids and handle protests
A plain-language walk through the federal buying process, from the request for proposals to the scoring sheet to the protest that can undo it all.
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Business News reports the finances of air defense and aviation suppliers: order intake, backlog, margins, plant expansion, hiring and export licensing. Figures come from filings, ministry statements and audited accounts. Aimed at investors, procurement officers and suppliers judging whether announced production increases are funded and physically achievable.
Financial coverage of defense and aerospace firms: order intake, backlog, factory expansion, export approvals and cash behind promised output increases.
How the government budget cycle works: a calendar explainer with the deadlines that matter
Fiscal-year clocks, continuing resolutions and shutdown risk, mapped from first request to final appropriation.
Lockheed's plan to triple Patriot interceptor output by 2030 hinges on parts, not the assembly line
A new seven-year deal aims to push PAC-3 MSE production from about 600 missiles a year to 2,000, but the real constraint is the supplier base that feeds the line, not the line itself.
The House passed its FY2027 defense bill by just 216 to 212, and the Senate is stuck
A near-party-line July 22, 2026 vote sends the House NDAA to a divided Congress, with air defense programs riding on a conference that may not convene.
A Senate bill wants to fix how the Pentagon buys air and missile defense
The OASIS Act of 2026, introduced June 4, 2026, would force Defense Department action on air and missile defense acquisition, the slowest link in the interceptor chain.
The House panel released its FY2027 defense bill text, and air defense marks follow
Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Smith published the FY2027 NDAA chairman's mark ahead of the committee's June 4, 2026 markup, opening the season that sets interceptor policy.