Aerospace

Cost-cutting moves force Boeing to consolidate 787 production in South Carolina—but what are implications for its Washington sites?

France to replace Rafales; SDA awards tracking layer contracts; Russian airlifter delayed; and Boeing WGS clears PDR.

Startup Boom looks ahead to flying its XB-1 scaled demonstrator in 2021 and going supersonic by year-end.

Listen as Aviation Week editors Sean Broderick and Guy Norris discuss the latest ups, downs and relocations at Boeing.

BOEING confirmed plan late last week to consolidate 787 production (out of Everett, WA) to North Charleston in mid-2021, when program transitions to

TRIUMPH GROUP was selected to supply 30 new spare gearboxes (for landing gear door actuation system) for USAF C-5s.

Faster delivery of fresh fruit from grower to consumer is the promise of a test program unveiled by California-based produce company Giumarra and autonomous aircraft startup Reliable Robotics.

BOOM SUPERSONIC rolled out its XB-1 demonstrator (first flight planned for 2021) as prelude to its Overture supersonic commercial transport; aircraft

TELEDYNE CONTROLS, CA was selected by ATSG to provide wireless technology solutions, including GroundLink Comm+, Loadstar Server Enterprise (LSE) and

AIRBUS performed gate-to-gate demonstration (on small-scale, remote-controlled AlbatrossONE) of freely flapping wing-tips (capable of reacting/flexing

DRAGON AVIATION CAPITAL, Singapore and SOFEMA AVIATION SERVICES, Bulgaria teamed to provide online and in-house aviation training courses in ASEAN

HAPSMobile has announced the first stratospheric flight of its AeroVironment-developed Sunglider high-altitude pseudo-satellite, the fifth test flight of the solar-powered long-endurance unmanned aircraft.

SpaceX is poised to take over ISS crew rotation missions, with Boeing to follow next year.

If these come true, we will have a much different jetliner supply chain architecture by the mid-2020s.

Momentus will become the next publicly traded new-space venture in early 2021, and the first self-described space infrastructure, upon closure of a deal announced Oct. 7 for blank-check company Stable Road Acquisition to buy the satellite orbit-mover startup.

Airbus is preparing for the launch of the first of four Pleiades Neo satellites, designed for improved resolution and more frequent revisits in Earth observation, and simultaneously working on a lower-cost generation.

Christina Zetterlund to Chief Financial Officer of AVTECH, Sweden.

ALESTIS AEROSPACE selected Plataine's IIoT solution to optimize its composite parts manufacturing operation at ALESTIS DO BRASIL.

IFS was selected by De Havilland Canada to provide ERP platform.

FAA released draft of FSB document containing proposed 737 MAX training requirements that focus on aircraft's revamped flight control computer

AVANTUS AEROSPACE acquired Southern California-based CALSCREW, which manufactures high-strength fasteners.

BOEING forecasts delivery of 2,430 freighters (930 new/1,500 pax-to-freighter conversions) of next 20 years to increase fleet to 3,260 in 2039 vs 2

BOEING forecasts 4% annual pax traffic growth over next 20 years, driving demand for 43,110 commercial jets (2,430 RJs; 32,270 narrowbodies; 7,480

Ask the Editors: Airbus is committed to the A330neo for a few reasons, despite slow orders. The larger A350 serves a different market.

Automotive fuel cells are taking to the air, but more development is needed to make them suitable for aircraft use.