Aerospace Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Aug 10, 2022
As deliveries restart, Boeing aims to wipe out its stored backlog and bring production back up to at least five per month.
Aug 05, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aug 05, 2022
FAA okay to re-start deliveries ends a long saga, but now Boeing has a new problem to worry about. Listen in as our specialists break down the situation—and the numbers.
Aug 04, 2022
Southwest says it does not expect any 737-7 deliveries until next year, raising questions about the model’s certification progress.
Aug 04, 2022
Spirit AeroSystems says it has solved one of the problems limiting the Pentagon’s ability to scale-up hypersonic weapon production.
Sep 08, 2021
Turboprops own the niche of short, low-density sectors into small or challenging airfields – a common enough description of domestic air travel in Africa. But is it a viable market?
Sep 06, 2021
Saudi Aramco’s senior vice president of Technical Services, Ahmad Al-Sa’adi, recently inaugurated the first fiberglass rebar facility in Saudi Arabia, IKK Mateenbar.
Sep 06, 2021
Jonathan Lewis, managing director at NAC2000, Zambia’s largest independent ground-handler, tells Keith Mwanalushi about how the pandemic not only created unique challenges, but also pockets of opportunity.
Sep 03, 2021
Spirit AeroSystems began accumulating Boeing 737 MAX fuselages at its Wichita site after the FAA grounded the aircraft in 2019.
Sep 03, 2021
John Lake assesses the light-attack aircraft situation on the African continent.
Sep 03, 2021
Cargo is booming for airlines with IATA latest figures showing growth of more than 8% over even 2019’s results. But are there enough freighters for the emerging markets?
Sep 01, 2021
Former GE Aviation chief David Joyce is joining Boeing’s board of directors, while Navy Adm. (ret.) Ed Giambastiani Jr. will leave at the end of the year, the company announced Aug. 31.
Aug 31, 2021
Ethiopian Airlines Group and Boeing, have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to position Ethiopia as an aviation hub for Africa.