Manufacturing & Supply Chain

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

Rolls’ need to fund UltraFan development drives speculation about renewed cooperation.

Economic and workforce upheavals are testing the mettle of the small satellite industry.

He prioritizes new airplanes over aftermarket business and looks ahead to the company’s next airplane.

Ask the Editors: Airbus and Boeing are trying to protect customer commitments, but airlines and lessors would like o defer or even cancel their narrowbody deliveries.

Despite the global air transport market collapse and aircraft production slowdown following the COVID-19 pandemic, Pratt & Whitney believes the longer-term impact may potentially accelerate the adoption of advanced propulsion technology as airframers revise product development strategies.

Aerospace trade associations on both sides of the Channel want the EU and the UK to find a consensus on their future relationship.

More than 100,000 A&D jobs could disappear in the next two years. To attract more people, companies should focus on who they retain.

Milestones for the T-7 trainer; what comes after the MQ-9; Sierra Nevada’s Shooting Star and a new name for Airbus operations in the U.S.

An analysis shows that a disruptive acquisition strategy for the Next-Generation Air Dominance program would reduce costs.

L3Harris leaders say their focus remains carrying out their prior plans for their merger of equals.

Actions for this year: choose contracting arrangements, a prime contractor and foreign partners, and allocate funds.

Facing a $475 billion loss in commercial aviation manufacturing, the A&D industrial base could suffer aftershocks for years.

Boeing Global Services CEO Ted Colbert discusses the challenges of managing the aftermarket business through COVID-19.

Guillaume Faury is optimistic about a market recovery, but pace and timing are among many aspects impossible to predict.

Greg Hayes took heat for merging UTC with Raytheon, but critics are silenced as defense has cushioned the company during the pandemic.

Ask the Editors: The pause on the Airbus A220-500 development will be short-lived because of the growing demand for bigger narrowbodies.

Initiatives such as the European Defense Fund and PESCO could give the European defense industry a leg-up in the post-coronavirus era.

A country-by-country look at who will benefit from the alphabet soup of European defense and aerospace programs in progress to bolster industry.

Ask the Editors: OEMs have shifted away from the underlying architectures of automobiles. Is a similar sea change in aviation due?

Most airlines in the region want to defer deliveries due this year, and early widebody retirements are also planned.

Ask the Editors: The French government and France’s Big Four aerospace manufacturers partner up to infuse ailing suppliers with capital.

DARPA preparing to award contracts to design an X-plane concept around active flow control.

FAA’s ConOps for UAM; NASA seeks AAM partners; Europe’s clean R&D plan; Wisk eyes U.S. UAM launch; FAA certifying 12 drones.

Boeing declines to confirm reports that it is preparing to end the five-decade long production run of the 747, but Aviation Week understands key