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Meet Boeing's new CEO Kelly Ortberg

New Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg is "capable of fixing the management floor with his left hand and choosing the right new plane with his right hand," notes one analyst.

Fortune · Jul 31, 2024

First fiscal 2024 appropriations package heads to Biden's desk - Roll Call

The Senate cleared a six-bill, $468.7 billion spending measure Friday ahead of a midnight deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown.

Roll Call · Mar 8, 2024

Biggest CEO successes and setbacks: 2022’s triumphs and 2023’s challenges

How the likes of Satya Nadella, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Cathie Wood did in 2022–and the challenges that await them in 2023.

Fortune · Dec 21, 2022

Ukraine war boosts weapons makers' stock prices, but revenue to take years to flow through

When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine at the end of February, the stock prices of many of the world's biggest arms manufacturers spiked. However, most of the hardware being sent to Ukraine is coming from donor nations' existing inventories.

ABC News · May 6, 2022

Javelin anti-tank missiles get Biden nod as Ukraine depletes US stash

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden stressed the importance of U.S. and allied weapons for Ukraine’s defense Tuesday with a visit to a Lockheed Martin Corp. plant making Javelin anti-tank missiles, which American and NATO officials say have mauled Russia’s invading armored columns.

Tribune News Service · May 3, 2022

Push to arm Ukraine putting strain on US weapons stockpile

When President Joe Biden visits a Lockheed Martin plant on Tuesday that manufactures an antitank weapons system, he’s certain to herald the U.S.-made arms as a gamechanger in Ukraine’s stiff resistance to the Russian invasion

The Independent UK · May 2, 2022

Lawmakers fret over dwindling Javelin supply

Several lawmakers are calling on Biden to trigger the Defense Production Act amid conflict in Ukraine.

Axios · Apr 29, 2022

Ukraine fuels massive arms gold rush

Putin's war is a tragedy for the world, but it already has big winners: Weapons firms and the Pentagon budget

Salon · Apr 20, 2022