Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Faced with massive cost pressures during the COVID-19 crisis, Mitsubishi cuts back on regional jet investment.

The U.S. military continues to expand the operational envelope of its X-37B robotic spaceplanes amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Surplus parts will be available, but will airlines simply use their own?

Ask the Editors: Thales and Safran have different focuses, and Safran’s defense business is much smaller than Thales’.

Democratic control of the White House likely will not be negative for defense but would introduce some new factors and issues.

Cassio family unveil; Sabrewing rollout; WatFly’s personal eVTOL; Advancing Remote ID; Sniffing out COVID-19.

The Air Force looks to Agility Prime and eVTOLs as a potential model for engaging with commercial technology innovators.

In damage-control effort, French aerospace industry outlines plans for supply chain support.

Month-old Raytheon Technologies is slashing billions of dollars in costs and other retrenchments, including workforce cutbacks, as commercial OEM and aftermarket revenue could be halved this year in the wake of COVID-19.

Ask the Editors: Sustainable aviation fuels are technically viable today; it is their economic viability that remains in question.

Leaders of aerostructures supplier Spirit AeroSystems already are envisioning a dramatically different company as COVID-19 upends commercial air

This crisis likely will crystalize forces such as the marginalization of aerospace products in the digital economy and the rise of Asia.

Ask the Editors: The Pentagon’s hypersonic prototypes rely on a large number of small, boutique companies with highly specialized skills.

It is time for the government, airlines, leasing companies, financiers, OEMs and suppliers to join forces.

Ask the Editors: M&A is frozen for now, a lot of consolidation is likely to occur in the lower levels of the aerospace, driven by financial distress.

Both Boeing and Airbus are looking at what they can do to survive COVID-19’s impact, but it may also affect future airliner development.

Embraer’s C-390 should be able to hold its own on the global market, despite the Boeing joint-venture setback.

Boeing’s 777X test program is set to accelerate with the addition of a second 777-9 flight test aircraft, WH002, which made its first flight from the

It is critical that aerospace companies invest in strategic priorities now to ensure their long-term competitiveness.

Some airlines in Europe, now bolstered by hefty state aid packages, are trying to assess how their businesses will fare after the crisis.

Engine-makers prepare for a harsh new reality amid precipitous declines in demand for new powerplants and shrinking aftermarket services.

Airbus will not decide on further changes to its production rates before June and any potential adaptations will be “on a smaller scale” than previous cuts, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said April 29.

Ask the Editors: Air Transport World Editor-in-Chief Karen Walker answers.

Many questions and variables remain, but it means market chaos for small airliners.

A review finds a conflict between emergency procedures and maintenance instructions.