Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Aviation Week Staff
Continuing an annual tradition dating back to 1957, Aviation Week Network editors honored a wide variety of industry accomplishments.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Aaron Stein
The U.S. is winning the cost-exchange ratio with Iran—but the victory might end up being pyrrhic.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
The agency wants commercial companies to take on a larger role in its Artemis lunar exploration initiative.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
ATR’s continuing struggles on the final assembly line, largely due to late supplier deliveries, have consequences for the airframer's engineering office.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The technique makes it more straightforward to obtain a component with a high-quality surface finish on the aluminum part, in an easily repeatable way.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi, Robert Wall
New rockets that were supposed to solve a persistent launcher shortage are falling short amid delays and technical setbacks.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines are expecting a combined 33 C919 narrowbodies, doubling last year's output of the type.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The agreement between Airbus and Fairmat comes as efforts to recycle more materials from end-of-life aircraft continue.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
New efforts to field drones rapidly include Drone Dominance scrimmages and an easy-to-use portal on which to order UAS.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Nuclear fusion rocket power; Matrix autonomy joins the Army; ship-to-shore contested logistics; and sulfur’s role in contrails formation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau, Richard Aboulafia
Editors are joined by guest columnist Richard Aboulafia to discuss the progress of airliner production by Airbus in Alabama and Boeing in South Carolina.
Check 6

By Irene Klotz
The agency wants commercial companies to take on a larger role in its Artemis lunar exploration initiative.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Keith Mwanalushi
Aircraft seat actuation system manufacturers are facing cost turbulence, supply chain challenges and technical demands.
Supply Chain

By Alex Derber
Airlines and MRO providers should look out for non-airworthy engine parts after 12 containers were fraudulently redirected from their intended destination.
Supply Chain

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air’s board approved the carrier’s plan to order more than 100 Boeing aircraft, in addition to a separate proposal to acquire another 21 spare engines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
Four bidders remain in the Flight School Next program as the U.S. Army weighs a shift to single-engine aircraft and contractor-led training.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Burgeoning international demand for aerial firefighting aircraft is giving new life to an old airlifter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
EasyJet is switching to Mirus seats for 237 Airbus deliveries from 2028 onward and adding six extra seats to 116 A320neos/ceos through SpaceFlex upgrades.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Graham Warwick
Truncated flight for X-59; UK Royal Mail flies electric; contrail avoidance success; and high-voltage electric demo.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Prior to the Iran war, the leading fear among investors had been how disruptive AI could be to many business sectors. But not in aerospace and defense.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris, Sean Broderick
The FAA has signed off on Boeing's long-planned increased maximum takeoff weight package—known as iMTOW—for the 787, clearing the way for deliveries to begin.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Inflight entertainment and connectivity specialist RAVE Aerospace is studying how AI can improve image quality on seatback displays while also curbing costs.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Guy Norris
Boeing has joined the first set of composite wings to the center fuselage section of the initial 777-8F freighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The French government has named Emmanuel Chiva chairman and CEO of aerospace research and technology center Onera.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne
The phones are ringing at defense companies from governments urgently seeking more weapons. Often, they are being put on hold.
Missile Defense & Weapons