Aerospace Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Jul 05, 2024
To simplify its fuel cell engine design, Airbus elected not to use batteries that would have boosted peak power.
Jul 05, 2024
Airframe production rate changes, stretched supply chains and durability remain major challenges in spite of rising utilization rates.
Jul 05, 2024
A group of recently launched startups are bucking the strategy.
Jul 03, 2024
The company capitalizes on M&A deals like none other in aerospace and defense.
Jul 02, 2024
Editors unpack a week that started with a unique media briefing at Boeing's Renton facility and ended with the purchase of Spirit AeroSystems.
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.
Oct 15, 2024
Boeing has put a figure on its highly anticipated effort to shore up its balance sheet, disclosing plans to raise as much as $25 billion in liquidity.