Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Customer complaints and a desire to boost performance are driving a series of enhancements into the widebody engine family.

Tier 1 and 2 aerospace supplier Triumph Group has unveiled a new set of high-level managers.

The uncertainty for the Next-Generation Air Dominance program opens new doors for the F-22 fleet, which was once threatened with replacement.

Manufacturers need to update operational capabilities and schedules to manage the commercial aircraft industry through its supply and demand misalignment.

Hexcel had a good second quarter despite the travails faced by its key customers Boeing and Airbus.

Word from Hexcel that it is cutting full-year guidance based largely on lower commercial production rates could be a harbinger, analyst commentary suggests.

Radia has tapped European aerostructures suppliers Aernnova and Leonardo to develop the airframe for its WindRunner turbine-blade transporter.

The two largest commercial airliner OEMs, Boeing and Airbus, arrive at Farnborough amid different challenges at their headquarters and on production lines.

As the leasing landscape changes, lessors are employing lower-risk strategies.

Advancing Nastran simulation; reusable spaceplane testing; Russia hybrid-electric; and AI visual awareness.

After the initial funding wave, investors grow leery of unfulfilled promises by startups.

Will engine-makers be enticed to try to meet requirements for the two new notional civil and military aircraft that need an engine that does not yet exist?

Why Dave Calhoun is breaking a long tradition of pre-air-show interviews with Aviation Week.

While aerospace and defense companies have lately enjoyed an embarrassment of riches in demand, that has exposed severe weaknesses in their ability to execute.

As fixed-price deals signed years ago continue to burden balance sheets, Boeing Defense and Space is focusing on smart growth opportunities.

Landing gear specialist Héroux-Devtek of Quebec, Canada, has agreed to be acquired and taken private by a U.S. private equity firm for about $1.35 billion.

Matching NASA’s needs with the ideal contracting mechanism is a challenge.

A Pentagon review finds an 81% cost increase, although officials determine the program must continue after being restructured.

Do Airbus and Boeing’s aerostructures reintegrations represent a trend, anomalies or both?

Mounting losses have prompted greater caution among some defense companies as Pentagon officials stand by fixed-price acquisition strategies.

Guillaume Faury is looking to bring more work in-house in order to deal with supplier issues.

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury says two factors are “marginally affecting” the timeline for when the OEM will launch its next narrowbody aircraft.

After a challenging start, France, Germany and Spain’s Future Combat Air System is progressing toward demonstrator flights.

After years of production delays and shortages, fighter OEMs are investing in in new facilities, manufacturing methods and labor to spark new growth.

Tasked with boosting both production rates and aircraft quality, Boeing is making long-needed changes to its decades-old production protocols.