Aerospace Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Jul 08, 2022
X-59 Quesst Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator is in the final stages of assembly at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works.
Jul 08, 2022
The aircraft manufacturers are short hundreds of engines as suppliers can’t keep pace with demand to build and maintain airplanes. Listen in as we break down th
Jul 07, 2022
Daher, the French-based maker of TBM turboprops and the Kodiak 100 utility aircraft, closed July 1 on Triumph Group’s 400,000-ft.² metallic and composite aerostructures facility in Stuart, Florida, a move that expands its U.S. industrial presence. 
Jul 07, 2022
Aviation Week editors talk with Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury about all things commercial and defense, but his focus is on sustainability.
Jul 06, 2022
Aviation Week editors identify some of the key issues and megatrends and their likely outcomes.
Sep 09, 2021
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAS) has been awarded two contracts by Spirit AeroSystems. Turkish Aerospace will manufacture and supply Section 48 – Tail Feather for Boeing 737 MAX-8 and over 400 parts and sub-assemblies for various Boeing platforms.
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.