Manufacturing & Supply Chain

European startup Helsing aims to slay moribund defense procurement practices with its collaborative combat aircraft bid.

Management teams at Aubert & Duval, which include former Airbus and Safran employees, have worked to improve customer relationships and industrial processes.

Famous automotive manufacturers bet on space, electric air taxis and hydrogen power.

Britten-Norman is working to complete its first UK-built Islander in nearly 60 years by March, paving the way for a production ramp-up of the small regional airliner.

Tokyo is investing in green aviation tech to help the country gain market share.

Vectis takes lessons from sixth-generation fighter and classified uncrewed aircraft systems work.

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said the company is falling behind on 777-9 certification, but not because of technical issues.

Brussels Airport is ending its attempts to restore systems damaged by a cyberattack last week and will instead bring forward the installation of a new system.

Aubert & Duval, a specialist in melting, forging, rolling and die forging, is a critical supplier for the European aerospace industry.

Boeing has submitted commitments to the European Commission as part of its ongoing plan to take over Spirit AeroSystems.

Creative thinking is addressing how to fund the development of newer types of SAF that will be essential to carbon net zero goals.

Launch service providers are promising higher flight cadences—again.

Space service providers are battling it out in the direct-to-device market.

Pratt & Whitney has teamed up with Czech Republic-based PBS Group on the development of a next-generation APU for commercial and military aircraft platforms.

Union workers for GE Aerospace who were striking in the Cincinnati area have “overwhelmingly” ratified a new five-year contract with the company.

The hybrid-electric, short-takeoff-and-landing transport could fill a gap in the military’s air mobility fleet.

In the past, aluminum coming from end-of-life aircraft could be used as an ingredient in new ingots. This time, one kg of end-of-life aluminum converts into one kg of aircraft production-ready metal.

Ukraine’s armed forces face a new drone menace on the front lines that threatens after 3.5 years of full-scale war to transform a bloody stalemate with Russia into something worse for the defenders.

Long passed over, smaller manufacturers are gaining greater attention as merger and acquisition targets.

Europe has momentum as an exporter to India, but the advancement of India’s own industry will be the ultimate determinant.

Embraer confirmed with Aviation Week that “its employees are not on strike. Aircraft production and factory operations are continuing normally.”

Thales signed two major agreements with IndiGo covering long-term avionics maintenance support and expanded deployment of digital flight operations tools.

Commercial narrowbody deliveries came to a total of 96 units in August, equaling the output of the previous month but with Boeing contributing a greater share.

Startups and established primes are revisiting weapon development to accelerate delivery of equipment to users.

Beyond fixing the supply chain and production execution, the industry must reconsider how profits are shared across the value chain.