Airbus will coordinate 33 companies including airframers, engine producers and defense electronics specialists on studies for a new European airlifter.

Sonaca North America, an aerostructures supplier better known to many industry players as LMI Aerospace, plans to close its Wichita site by year-end.

The investment will add 81,000 sq. ft. to Pratt’s Columbus Engine Center, where it builds its signature Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine for Embraer and Airbus.

Daher expects to bolster its global reach as an industrial services provider with its acquisition of France’s Assistance Aeronautique et Aerospatiale.

The interdependence of China’s aviation sector with global suppliers means that they are likely stuck with each other, for better or worse. 

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

Union workers at the key Tier 1 aerostructures provider will return to work on July 5 after they agreed to an improved four-year labor agreement.

What was once a 50-50 single-aisle/twin-aisle market is now a 70-30 market, with no signs of changing.