Aerospace Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Feb 20, 2024
Leonardo Helicopters is completing the final assembly of its Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor Demonstrator ahead of an expected first flight in the coming weeks.
Feb 20, 2024
The manufacturer is aiming for a first flight of the high-speed rotorcraft demonstrator in late March or early April.
Feb 19, 2024
Politics, historical context and the workings of the U.S. defense industrial complex are among the reasons.
Feb 19, 2024
Fast rotorcraft efforts might be accelerating across the industry, but keep watch on the light turbine helicopter market during 2024.
Feb 16, 2024
Europe’s Clean Sky 2 research program ends in March, having matured an array of potential technologies for Airbus’ next airliner.
May 07, 2024
A lack of negotiations with Airbus over repricing shipsets for the European OEM—if not also a sale of related business units—is proving more harmful.
May 06, 2024
A breakdown of annual deliveries data reveals the ups and downs of how Embraer delivered 1,800 E-Jets over the last two decades and which models led the way.
May 03, 2024
Howmet's John Plant, often seen as a shrewd prognosticator of large aircraft manufacturing rates, has slashed his company’s expectations for 737 shipments.
May 01, 2024
Large suppliers maintain cautious optimism that production-line struggles will be short-lived and are not a precursor to lower long-term production rate targets
May 01, 2024
Regional security challenges are the main concern for Morocco’s armed forces and it obtained increased access to defence technology thanks to improving defence ties with France and the United States, and has received military training and equipment from both.
Apr 30, 2024
The Tikehau Aero Partenaires 2 fund is aimed at supporting small- and medium-size companies in the aerospace sector.
Apr 26, 2024
In 2024, CFM's original plan was a 20%-25% growth of Leap production, but that uptick has been revised downward, to 10%-15%—mostly affecting Leap 1B production.
Apr 26, 2024
IBA has revealed that with rising engine lease rates and market values showing double-digit growth, the engine sector is now a “lessors’ market”.