Manufacturing & Supply Chain

M&A activity among major A&D players is picking up again, but this time they are shedding assets or tacking on specialties.

Bell is looking to technology from its Model 360 Invictus as a potential template for a medium-size single-engine utility platform.

Why Honeywell Aerospace’s chief sees a bright future for the industry despite today’s COVID-19 woes.

For sure, 2020 will go down as the worst year for commercial aviation since World War II, but the question increasingly is, will 2021 be much better

Ask the Editors: Airbus’ strategy remains expanding its overseas market share, so the OEM is not likely to bring work back to Europe.

If the current fragile jetliner market worsens, the U.S. and other governments might feel pressure to reconsider their nonintervention.

From Boom to Joby, aviation startups are turning to 3D printing to reduce time and cost required to field new products.

Democrats Amy McGrath and Kim Mangone are challenging two of the most powerful Republicans in Congress, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell

Ask the Editors: A wave of consolidation in A&D has arrived due to COVID-19, the worst aerospace downturn since the dawn of the Jet Age.

While public investors avoid A&D as effects of COVID-19 ripple across industry, private equity is rushing in.

Ask the Editors: Comac’s C919 is unlikely to appear in the airline fleets of developed economies in the next few years.

Ask the Editors: A failed joint venture around the C-390 has left doubt about future collaboration between Boeing and Embraer.

Recent comments by a senior Russian government official illustrate how authorities and aircraft manufacturers in the country are getting increasingly worried about losing access to Western technologies as political tensions between Russia, the U.S. and Europe rise.

For suppliers and servicers, China’s aviation recovery compared with depression elsewhere creates a dilemma: Run to China or run away?

University research parks help startups learn business and develop innovative technologies as well as the next generation of leaders.

Ask the Editors: New training protocol for 737 MAX pilots have yet to be finalized, but a Sept. 30 demo is a good idea of what’s to come.

Fleet upheavals caused by the coronavirus pandemic may have an impact on the feedstock available for conversion.

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

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

BEA’s persistence on three research campaigns leads to a potentially far-reaching discovery of metal fatigue on GE-Pratt GP7200 turbofan.

Ask the editors: Despite massive overcapacity of aircraft now, airlines do have incentives to retain at least some orders.

Lifting the veil of secrecy over its electric air taxi vehicle, Joby Aviation makes pioneering steps toward eVTOL certification.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Northrop’s new jammer; Chinook tests more powerful engine; Brazil accepts Gripen E; and the soft power of space.

Aviation Week discusses the future of Safran and the propulsion industry with CEO Philippe Petitcolin.