#aerospacedefense

Tim Farrar Tweeted "what was animating numerous people I spoke to yesterday, is the expectation that Amazon will soon announce the acquisition of Viasat, mainly for their international spectrum holdings, but also to combine Viasat's Ka-band GEO business with Amazon Leo, and strengthen Amazon's position in the government and aviation market"

https://x.com/TMFAssociates/status/2115466931038040276
https://storage.ghost.io/c/29/97/29976d9d-89ea-4c77-8c0b-0e8a0eafed35/content/files/2026/10/Musk-Bezos-cagefight-2026-10-28.pdf

What do you think?

We are not very good at making vehicles. If we switched 1/3 of our capacity to munitions, that would save some some jobs.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HoneywellAerospace/comments/1vp8vl0/six_weeks_after_hona_stock_began_trading_its_down/

Apparently it was a submarine. Trying to test 212 and with a brand new offer aerospace could easily drop all the way to fair value which would 161 to 184. Sry folks . Math

CAE will permanently close its Pueblo operations. The company plans to cease operations on October 1. This closure will result in 58 employee layoffs. CAE lost its Air Force pilot training contract in January. The closure raises questions for a planned aircraft mechanic training program with Pueblo Community College.

Pueblo, Colorado

https://gazette.com/2026/06/14/cae-announces-pueblo-layoffs-site-closure-raising-questions-for-aircraft-mechanic-training-program/

https://fortune.com/2026/05/29/blue-origin-new-glenn-explosion-nasa-artemis-contract-bezos/

Corp expenses paid earlier by Aero, now no more …. Interesting times ahead …

https://www.ivalua.com/case-study/general-atomics-and-ivalua-driving-agility-and-innovation-in-aerospace-defense/

I’m at the skunkworks, and since the Doug news broke, the mood has shifted pretty noticeably. A lot of us feel like the clock is ticking. Once Farley’s out, we lose our last real advocate for keeping this operation in California, Alan Clarke aside, but Dearborn’s not going to fight for us. I’m expecting a mass exodus, and the wild part is they haven’t even finished the Long Beach construction. We all know what Blue Oval City represents, so nothing feels off the table right now.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

No warning. All work stopped today. Find another job.

It looks like the FBI caught a manager at L3 Harris selling secrets to a Russian broker. This is one reason why there’s layoffs, some people at the company can’t keep secrets because they are overwhelmed by greed.
They didn’t catch everyone yet, and it is still an ongoing investigation. Maybe if the FBI catches everyone there won’t be any need for more layoffs in that section as it will be reduced enough.
The whole company needs a complete government security review.

https://www.local10.com/news/2026/02/25/senior-executive-for-florida-based-defense-contractor-sentenced-in-espionage-case/

An anonymous source has told Bloomberg that Boeing is set to cut around 300 jobs from its Boeing Defense, Space & Security division in February 2026.

The job cuts will fall across various locations nationwide, according to the anonymous source cited by Bloomberg on February 5, 2026, and employees are expected to be notified about the cuts this week.

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/boeing-cut-300-jobs-defense-division

One of the NY amityville locations has been told
the building will close the EW section affects about 75 employees ,
Employees have been told April 9th is there last day.
Harris lawyers are mo--ns they forgot to tell the customer
they sold the repair and production contract lol. Air Force said humm don’t think so you need
Our permission Mr k lawyers said we are smarter than the government.
The group was sold and closed 3rd week of December.

East Greenwich's EaglePicher to Lay Off 38 Employees

EaglePicher, based in East Greenwich, will lay off 38 employees. The company filed a WARN letter this month. The job cuts will take place in March. EaglePicher provides power solutions for defense and aerospace. Tuthill Corporation acquired EaglePicher in 2023.

https://www.golocalprov.com/business/ri-tech-company-lays-off-38

East Greenwich, Rhode Island

A source inside Boeing told KING 5 the company held a mandatory call Friday morning, during which employees were told Boeing plans to cut about 10% of jobs in Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) Supply Chain.

https://www.king5.com/article/tech/science/aerospace/source-boeing-layoffs-defense-supply-chain-work-group/281-415aa055-b8c0-48df-86e6-0a066775a6e6

Good luck! Especially to the Aerojet folks

Rumor on campus in Redondo on Monday- another must win, with a high PTW; was a no win for Space Park. Hoping no more layoffs , although unavoidable

This company is bloated with management, too many. So they lay off good engineers to keep their job safe.
Very unethical behavior at L3. Government needs to assess before awarding any further contractsm

Palm Bay Engineer. Any idea how many

Naturally no one who is actually bad at their job just random selection. 😄

It seems the last couple of years the two most worrisome months of the year are October and april. We made it through another october. Maybe we can breathe easy for the next few months?

Merry Thanksgiving and happy f*** you to all the aero employees about to get laid off.
Its going to be a sad holiday season for 20% of aero this year

Be aware that if your manager at L3Harris puts you on a PIP (Personal Improvement Plan) that they are planning to lay you off without a severance package.
You will make it through the designated time period, but there will be one caveat - they will be able to let you go at any time without any reason or justification.

Following the most recent merger and the creation of the current company in 2019, L3 leadership has shifted from a growth oriented company that made strategic acquisitions into new businesses, to a purely profit driven entity. Perhaps the disastrous acquisition of AR was enough to make them g-n shy about buying any more companies. The entire focus is now on profits for investors or "stake holders". Having established that, it would seem foolish for any perspective job applicant to hope for a long term career with this company. Layoffs have become common place with no regard for talent or an individuals' contribution. Considering that and the blatant reverse discrimination practiced during its' failed "woke phase", it is no wonder the company is avoided like the plague by savvy job seekers.
Read the posts on this site carefully, They are not hyperbole.

Rumor has it a layoff in Palm Bay in September or October. Anyone hear any details on that?

It was a long shot. They won F47, but winning both programs won’t happen. It’s too much risk for the DOD on a company that’s historically been late and over budget on most of the programs. The number of so-called analyst though who claimed Boeing has a good shot, I think it’s very misleading.

Have you seen the L3Harris (LHX) stock price recently? It is taking off like a rocket. Those “adjustments” they made after the layoffs must have really paid off!!!!

First it was India and now it’s Japan.
Twice in as many months we have a F35 jet from the UK that is stuck is foreign counties.

How bad is our technology these days?