Leadership changes at Boeing have Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal out effective immediately, while both CEO Dave Calhoun and chair Larry Kellner revealed their departure dates.

The agency’s disruptive approach to space acquisition has produced many contracts in a tight timeline, though its biggest tests are yet to come.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Astra Space and Terran Orbital are the latest public space startups to bow out.

CFO Brian West told a Bank of America investor conference that Boeing would buy back Spirit using cash and debt; Boeing ended 2023 with almost $16 billion.

The company is working on changing long-established priorities that valued speed over quality.

Tier 1 aerostructures supplier GKN Aerospace is expanding production of key Leap 1 components.

Rising demand for weapons stocks is driving a review of European missile manufacturing.