Aerospace Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Aug 21, 2024
Divergent Technologies’ fixtureless assembly cell uses 23 robotic arms to build structures.
Aug 09, 2024
The NTSB probe of the Alaska Airlines 737-9 blowout suggests safety systems work, but not effectively enough to address problems promptly or assuage workers.
Aug 09, 2024
Questioning of aviation’s net-zero-emissions 2050 target comes as key technologies move toward ground and flight testing.
Aug 09, 2024
Ortberg faces the challenge of fixing not one company but effectively two: Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Defense, Space and Security.
Aug 09, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Oct 22, 2024
GE Aerospace now expects Leap engine deliveries to be off 10% in 2024, more so than previous forecasts of same to 2023 or even up by 5%.
Oct 20, 2024
Striking machinist union members at Textron Aviation voted to ratify the company’s newest labor contract offer and agreed to end their walkout.
Oct 19, 2024
Boeing and the union representing 33,000 striking machinists have agreed new contract terms to end the more than month-long walkout. The union vote is Oct. 23.
Oct 18, 2024
Spirit AeroSystems, the Wichita-based lead supplier of aerostructures to Boeing, said it will furlough around 700 employees for 21 days starting Oct. 28.
Oct 16, 2024
Airbus says it will cut staff and reorganize its Defense and Space unit to respond to business challenges that have dented the company’s earnings since 2023.
Oct 16, 2024
Michael O'Leary expects some of Ryanair's Boeing 737-8-200 deliveries that are due before the end of this year to be pushed back to 2025.
Oct 15, 2024
Eve’s expanded cash runway should be sufficient to fund the company’s operations through late 2026.
Oct 15, 2024
Boeing-owned startup Wisk has already partnered with several entities in the regioN, one of its launch markets.