Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
The first crewed flight test in NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is targeted for a May 27 launch.
Space Symposium

By Michael Bruno
Gurit, a Swiss-based provider of prepreg composite materials for aerospace, announced April 23 that its longtime CEO Rudolf Hadorn will step down at the end of March 2021 but could eventually become chairman of the board of directors.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Bradley Perrett
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has said it will suspend its production for the Boeing 787 program for up to 10 days in May.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Ask the Editors: Senior Business Editor Michael Bruno answers.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
High-speed rail long has been the boogeyman to global airliner growth. The novel coronavirus could make it a real competitor.
Airports & Networks

By Michael Bruno
Boeing is reorganizing top managers and their duties, the company said late April 21, in what is the first headquarters overhaul under relatively new CEO and president David Calhoun.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Ask the Editors: Air Transport and Safety Editor Sean Broderick answers.
MRO

By William Garvey
The Quad/Vent Splitter quadruples ventilator capability to help save lives.
Business Aviation

By Thierry Dubois
After having let employees generate many digital tools, Airbus is streamlining their creation and use.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
The coming weeks and months will be full of big announcements about business changes. Here are three factors affecting A&D supply chains.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Bradley Perrett
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and Subaru have suspended production of 787 components in response to Boeing’s earlier decisions, now partly reversed, to stop work on the program amid the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Owners realize an aircraft’s residual value by removing and selling parts and must now dismantle in an environmentally sustainable way.
Sustainability

Readers write about “balanced capitalism” in aerospace, flying UAVs to help fight COVID-19 and cleaner airline cabin air.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Boeing plans to resume production of its widebody commercial aircraft in the Puget Sound area factories starting as early as April 20 following almost
Aerospace

By Kevin Michaels
The COVID-19 crisis will have an impact on aircraft production and MRO for years to come.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Howmet Aerospace has eight mostly smaller manufacturing plants that are closed because of the coronavirus, the company’s chief executive said late April 14, and more were shuttered in March when the Pittsburgh-based supplier was still part of Arconic.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Spirit AeroSystems—the primary supplier to Boeing including for much of the 737 MAX and which does substantial defense industry work—warned Wall Street on April 14 it will record a roughly $160 million loss for the recently ended first quarter of 2020, as well as a pretax loss of around $102 million.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Budget cuts to ground NASA SOFIA 747SP observatory, while obsolescence prompts replacement study for DC-8 airborne science missions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
Small narrowbodies have been losing market share to larger aircraft but lower travel demand may mean a second chance.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Guy Norris
Far from being retired, the storied U-2 is being upgraded into the U.S. Air Force’s first fully open mission systems compliant fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick, Lindsay Bjerregaard
Where can companies get emergency cash? What are eligibility requirements? What about the regulations? Here's our list of links to the best information our editors have found.
MRO

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force and Boeing agreed on a dramatically redesigned version of the KC-46 Pegasus tanker’s problematic Remote Vision System.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Boeing will suspend its 787 production and some related work at its North Charleston, South Carolina facility on April 8 “until further notice,”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno, Sean Broderick, Molly McMillin
Boeing’s suspension of aircraft production at its major Puget Sound and Moses Lake, Washington, campuses has been extended “until further notice,” the OEM said April 5.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Vivek Saxena
How a business continuity plan can help lean companies survive the pandemic.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain