Manufacturing & Supply Chain

How to ease engine shortage?; NDIA creates think tank; missile defense laser development; and Lockheed takes $225 million charge.

Airbus is insisting that its planned production rate increases are strongly supported by customer demand and needs more buy-in from a supply chain reluctant to come in fully behind the expansion.

Dassault is proposing the Falcon 10X maritime patroller as the Atlantique replacement, after Germany opts for the P-8.

Automakers are eyeing the market, directly by developing eVTOL vehicles or indirectly by providing investment, expertise and suppliers.

Officials are watching as two British aerospace and defense suppliers are in talks again to merge, with Cobham making a £2.58 billion ($3.56 billion) non-binding offer for Ultra Electronics.

Europe is making the introduction of sustainable aviation fuels at airports a big part of its strategy to fight climate change.

A nonprofit organization is uniting industry and academia to protect on-orbit assets.

With confidence in Boeing’s ODA flagging, a third-party option could provide distance from the company’s financial pressures.

In a global market awash in fighter options, Russia thinks it’s delivered an elusive winner.

After a multi-year attempt to gain traction in the global market, efforts to sell the Sukhoi Superjet 100 have switched to Russia.

Mexico’s missteps after decades of growth are a reminder of the importance of political leadership and creative policy in times of crisis.

A&D should be an enviable career, but as the U.S. sees a vast migration of workers, industry fears being left behind.

Composites and additive manufacturing will be key to urban air taxis, new airliners and other vehicles.

How two new business turboprop singles will stack up in an evolving head-to-head competition.

U.S. Navy can use KC-46 tankers; Space nuclear-propulsion concepts chosen; Germany’s space command; and India’s 10th P-8.

Boeing is shifting some Charleston, South Carolina factory employees from 787 production to inspection and rework to resolve production-quality issues that are holding up deliveries.

Angeles Equity Partners is adding its own director to Primus' board as part of the deal as the Tier 2 supplier looks to scale up.

This webinar took place July 8, 2021. The COVID-19 downturn and Boeing 737 MAX crisis have altered the dynamic between OEMs and their supply chains

Despite euphoria creeping into industry chatter on the back of new large orders and OEM forecasts for ramping up production rates, a new report warns profits in the industry this year are likely to barely reach breakeven at best.

Paul Lemmo, a seasoned veteran at Lockheed Martin, chats with Aviation Week about rotorcraft and Future Vertical Lift competitions.

United’s decision to swap out its smallest regional jets for larger aircraft could jeopardize small community service.

Committee halts practice of adding F-35s; GA-ASI Skyborg flies; Hensoldt to integrate German sigint aircraft; and Japan’s UH-2.

Fuel cells for aircraft power; Blade UAM expands; Volocopter Paris flight; Vertiport partnerships; and Japan SAF flights.

It is an inconvenient truth that China means a lot to Boeing—and to U.S. foreign trade, manufacturing and employment.

Why the WTO pact is essential to blunting the China challenge.