Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Bradley Perrett
Actions for this year: choose contracting arrangements, a prime contractor and foreign partners, and allocate funds.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Lee Ann Shay
Boeing Global Services CEO Ted Colbert discusses the challenges of managing the aftermarket business through COVID-19.
A&D Week 2020

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

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno
Greg Hayes took heat for merging UTC with Raytheon, but critics are silenced as defense has cushioned the company during the pandemic.
Defense

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

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

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

By Michael Bruno
Ask the Editors: OEMs have shifted away from the underlying architectures of automobiles. Is a similar sea change in aviation due?
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Adrian Schofield
Most airlines in the region want to defer deliveries due this year, and early widebody retirements are also planned.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Ask the Editors: The French government and France’s Big Four aerospace manufacturers partner up to infuse ailing suppliers with capital.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
DARPA preparing to award contracts to design an X-plane concept around active flow control.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
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.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
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
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Boeing is looking for the lowest sustainable production rate for its suppliers so they are still there to ramp up someday.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jen DiMascio, Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Steve Trimble
Boeing defense chief talks about increased introspection, the impact of COVID-19 on the market and plans for the KC-46.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Ask the Editors: Industry consolidation and growing automation and digitization will exacerbate pandemic-related layoffs.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Miguel Smart and John Karren
To mitigate disruption, leaders have swiftly embraced new ways of working and deployed digital productivity tools.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Boeing’s narrowbody share has dipped due to the MAX grounding; some advanced technologies could help it move the needle.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Ask the Editors: After pandemic-related financial woes, a scrapped Embraer deal and hefty layoffs, Boeing will require years to recover.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Airbus is focusing on extending the A220’s longer routes while Embraer struggles with bundling and pricing for the E2.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
Airbus’ hybrid-electric technology and hydrogen power could pave the way for a greener replacement to its bestselling Ecureuil platform.
Vertical Lift

By Michael Bruno
Boeing has told its primary 737 supplier Spirit AeroSystems to produce only 72 shipsets this year.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Airbus lands autonomously; Cuberg’s better eVTOL battery; fuel from CO2; Swiss electric propulsion; and fuel-cell eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

Eric Bernardini
The situation calls for companies and leaders that can act fast and think ahead.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain