Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Rolls-Royce has been through tough times before, but is this time different?

The business case for Boeing’s NMA may be hard to close, especially for suppliers, as cost and return on investment issues remain.

It seems that few large corporations want to be a conglomerate anymore, and the time appears ripe for selling off.

The Defense Department and the tech community have distinctly different approaches to problem solving, but both sides are working on mutual understanding.

A set of small-and-growing defense companies are beginning to make their mark on sector’s landscape.

What the KLX Aerospace acquisition says about Boeing, future acquisitions and the aftermarket

Life is so good for the aerospace supply chain right now it hurts.

As the aerospace industry welcomes the pending wave of aircraft products and services, experts warn that the promises of today can turn into problems.

Yes, what happened to the parent company of the aerospace and defense industry’s No. 2 aerostructures provider could happen to your company.

The aerostructures subsector, responsible for providing airframers the largest subassemblies, could become a lot more intimate in the next few years.

Industry knows the risk of being targets of retaliation in a global trade war are growing. To them, the only way to win is not to start a fight.

Maybe Trump’s spending surge will lead to growth in A&D employment. But if not, it may not be his fault.

With tax cuts and market growth fattening balance sheets, industry is busy trying to right the wrongs of its past.

Marines are used to getting people to move faster. Now a Marine is ordering the aerospace sector to do just that, and it would behoove industry to snap to it.

Shareholders of public A&D companies have always been expected to benefit from U.S. tax law changes, but another list of potential winners is emerging.

Past is prologue for the A&D industry in the new U.S. tax regime passed by Republicans, according to executives and analysts.

Smart investors should be ready to place bets on who will win, and potentially lose, as companies race to electrify the airplane.

The GE9X engine for the Boeing 777X has been mounted on General Electric's 747-400 flying testbed, marking a key milestone toward the beginning of test flights around the end of the year.

Gluing detail parts together would reduce mass because the adhesive has little weight and pieces can be thinner than those connected by fasteners.

About $30-40 billion of lead program opportunities should be available for nontraditional defense bidders over the next five years.

Additive manufacturing is where GE Aviation and its parent may achieve the next breakthrough in business performance, according to a leading executive.

The battle over the U.S. Export-Import Bank may not have reached biblical proportions, but it could be the end of days for the institution anyway.

As Airbus takes the majority stake in the Bombardier C Series, has the time come for Boeing suppliers to get to know Airbus better?

A new regulation addresses cybersecurity at defense primes and their suppliers, or better yet, the lack thereof, which has led to problems in the past.

Prime, OEM and Tier 1 aerospace and defense players are buying major rivals, answering the question of how they will grow in the near- and mid-term.