Manufacturing & Supply Chain

While the short-term economic situation is uncertain, conversion specialists say long-term trends justify full orderbooks.

U.S. Air Force future tanker interest and commercial midmarket demand combine to provide a long-awaited potential launch window for a blended wing body concept.

Parts supplied by Spirit AeroSystems must be inspected and repaired on many 737 MAXs.

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

Bilateral business groups from the United Arab Emirates and India, Israel and the U.S. have joined forces to support a new economic partnership.

Airbus’ success in China may be about more than politics.

Space Forge of the UK, a startup developing a spacecraft for manufacturing goods in space and delivering them to Earth, plans to launch U.S. manufacturing.

Brazil’s largest defense company studies options for partnering on next-generation fighters and developing light utility transports.

Industry developing new ways to help pilots, but some ideas are meeting resistance.

Deliveries have plummeted and Airbus is doubling down with a new assembly line. Analysts Sash Tusa and Richard Aboulafia join Aviation Week editors to discuss.

Benefits of bulk buys; VC-25 replacement delayed; Embraer’s European pitch; and Boeing to fly new prototype on WGS-11 satellite.

A production problem with vertical stabilizer fittings will force Boeing to repair some undelivered 737 MAXs and delay an unspecified number of deliveries.

New pilot-performance validation methods will debut as part of the 737-7’s certification. But first, they have to be developed.

Russian Defense Minister Shoigu calls for missile production to double.

Financing for aerospace and defense is looking the best since 2019, despite bank headlines.

Airbus reported deliveries of 127 aircraft in the first quarter of 2023, down 9% on the number of aircraft handed over to customers in Q1 last year.

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

Airbus is doubling capacity at its Chinese plant by adding a second final assembly line as it aims to produce 75 A320neo family aircraft a month in 2026.

Aviation Week Network’s A&D Raw Materials & Manufacturing conference will dive into the manufacturing operations, capabilities, processes, and innovation.

Without production challenges, around 30 aircraft might have been delivered last year—still a low number compared with the previous decade.

Faulty parts installed during maintenance have grounded multiple military fleets, raising supply chain concerns.

The conference lineup for Aviation Week Network's A&D Raw Materials & Manufacturing 2023 event in Atlanta, Georgia, has been announced.

The unprofitable, classified program at the company’s Missiles and Fire Control division appears set to enter production soon.

Aerospace accelerator and strategic advisory firm Starburst is targeting government funding for aerospace technologies and expanding into Washington.

Increasing payment terms will exacerbate supplier distress and ultimately could thwart the ability of OEMs to reach production goals.