Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Coronavirus’ minor impact to F-35 testing; Japan’s future fighter office; Croatia delays fighter buy; L3Harris wins SSA contract; L-39 trials.

Boeing will suspend production at its Philadelphia facilities for two weeks as Pennsylvania battles against the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Industry stakeholders need to start looking ahead and taking steps that will position them for a rapid recovery.

Bailouts are in the works to help avoid bankruptcies, but they are distorting markets and raising aeropolitical questions.

2020 could be the worst ever for aviation OEMs and their supply chains. Questions continue to focus on how bad things will get.

Astronics, the already embattled provider of aircraft seat technology and other interior products, is “adjusting its workforce” to align with a dropoff in demand due to the coronavirus and sudden economic slowdown.

Large contractors should fare relatively well in 2020, compared to other sectors, although there are risks to weigh as well.

In the aviation marketplace into which we will likely emerge after the coronavirus crisis, China is likely to be the big winner.

Even after the COVID-19 crisis passes, the growth of China’s economy, air travel demand and jetliner market will likely remain muted.

Financial support at an unprecedented scale is on its way in some countries.

The U.S. Army's Future Vertical Lift program has focused on future rotorcraft, but GA-ASI pursues the MQ-1C role for Advanced UAS.

A question for U.S. leaders: Is it worth taking Boeing up on its bailout bid? The answer is likely yes, but not for the obvious reasons.

Brazil’s Embraer is analyzing how to start manufacturing ventilators and respirators, replacing components in imported ventilators, and developing

Fast-track propulsion-system test program puts hypersonic developer on course for key mode transition demonstration later this year.

Airbus is faced with an avalanche of requests for delivery deferrals and is preparing for substantial production cuts as many of its customers struggle with the impact of COVID-19 coronavirus on air transport.

The air cargo sector knows it needs to be more sustainable, and efforts are gaining ground.

IATA wants $200 billion of state aid for airlines to survive. Those that do will be in a very different industry, with fewer players.

LOS ANGELES -- As part of efforts to sustain operations and increase its chances of receiving a state bailout to offset the devastating impact of the

Some aerospace suppliers' production facilities are based on continuous processes, as opposed to the manufacturing of discrete objects, and the current COVID-19 coronavirus crisis is therefore creating headaches about operational continuity, an analyst has warned.

Commercial aviation has weathered numerous crises, and each time it has recovered and grown stronger.

Aerospace manufacturing has awakened to a nightmare. Customer demand could swoon as air travel is crippled, battering a sector already reeling from narrowbody and widebody cuts alike.

Ted Colbert, CEO of Boeing Global Services, spoke with Lee Ann Shay on March 4 at Boeing’s Chicago headquarters about how he’s adjusting to the job that he started in October and how he’s navigating today’s very dynamic business environment.

Jim Taiclet, a relative outsider, could herald big changes at Lockheed as the Pentagon’s top contractor changes CEO.

Boeing called for the U.S. government to provide a minimum of $60 billion in aid to the aerospace manufacturing community in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis that has cratered air travel and could trigger a worldwide recession.

EASA and Eurocontrol release reports providing a road map and action plan for artificial intelligence in aviation and air traffic management.