Manufacturing & Supply Chain

IPOs, mergers and strategic moves reshuffle industrial landscape for Israeli aerospace.

Boeing did not have the best year, and how many aircraft can and will be built will likely be open questions for years.

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

RIP Boeing Phantom Express; UK offloads AWACS aircraft; CMV-22B delivery imminent; UK upgrading training helo requirements.

To many flying travelers, the sight of a service cart coming down the aisle is the highlight of the journey, especially if the food and beverage are

The country that popularized unmanned aircraft systems in modern warfare is at the forefront of a new strategic change.

The production pause will yield carnage that Boeing and its Tier 1 partners must proactively manage to ensure the production ecosystem.

New documents reveal conscious efforts to streamline MAX certification, training, despite signs of risk.

The last few years have gone off plan at Maxar Technologies, which is worth bearing in mind with more space-sector consolidation expected.

Kopter is advancing development of its single-engine SH09 in Sicily.

The FAA’s certification process is not fundamentally flawed and “was followed” during the Boeing 737 MAX certification, but shortcomings in key guidance, global perspective, safety assessments, and agency staffing should be addressed to improve the system, an independent committee’s report found.

Bombardier said it is reassessing future participation in its Airbus A220 partnership amid an increase in business jet deliveries in 2019

The term “merger of equals” has become buzzworthy in A&D M&A, but under the tie-ups of big names are trends toward diversity and size.

After years of decline, Russian helicopter factory prepares for historic growth.

Hyundai, Uber Elevate; EmbraerX UAS cargo team; first-responder eVTOL; JAXA high-speed helo; Bahamas UAS; EHang in U.S.; tunnel upgrade.

Boeing is facing a second civil penalty for installing unairworthy slat tracks on 737s—this one covering 178 MAXs.

NASA, Boeing investigating why spacecraft’s timer was off by 11 hr.

Companies are laying off workers, and forecasts for commercial aerospace are being revised downward. It was not supposed to be this way.

E-2D sustainment starts; Dassault prizes Rafale exports; Lockheed training center graduates first class; BAE fires long-range Spike.

British aerospace and defense supplier Meggitt has invested in HiETA Technologies, another UK company that focuses on metal additive manufacturing.

The aviation industry needs a robust, responsible Boeing.

Boeing on Jan. 6 provided more details on how the 737 MAX production pause will progress, while major program supplier Spirit AeroSystems said it will begin accepting “voluntary” layoffs.

Airlines have seen fast growth since 2010, victims of their own success as fight against climate change moves to forefront.

Publicly traded shares of aerospace and defense companies around most of the Western world ended 2019 about 34% above where they began a year ago, and 6% better off than major stock market indices, Wall Street analysts said in year-end reports.

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