Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
Triumph Group’s aftermarket business is reaping the benefits of new-equipment delivery struggles and an imminent rise in demand for work on landing gear parts.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Kurt Hofmann
FACC has reported healthy nine-month results but warns that an above-average increase in Central European labor costs is weighing on the supplier.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa is considering an engine manufacturer swap for some future Boeing 787 deliveries and follow-ups as it grapples with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 issues.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The U.S. and its allies have yet to reduce reliance on Beijing for materials that are essential to the defense industrial base.
Supply Chain

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno
How will a second Trump administration affect the defense industry and global alliances? The McCain Institute’s executive director joins our editors to discuss.
Check 6

By Sean Broderick
Boeing expects to need several weeks to restart production on affected programs with deliveries likely to ramp up in a similarly slow fashion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo
Having shaken up Southwest Airlines, activist investor Elliott Investment Management is setting its sights on a new target: Honeywell International.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
Comac has announced the rebranding of the ARJ21 as the C909 at the Zhuhai Airshow, where it also added 60 firm orders to the regional jet’s backlog.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Chen Chuanren
Air China will be the launch customer for the Comac C929 widebody aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Salient Motion is working on a “library of certifiable building blocks” for actuators.
Emerging Technologies

Mike Stengel
New aircraft deliveries will not enable fleet age to decline meaningfully, so OEMs, airlines and the aftermarket must prepare accordingly.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Embraer’s decision to reduce its guidance for commercial aircraft output is a setback for its efforts to move annual deliveries well past 100 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Hot-section turbine blade availability continues to pace CFM Leap new-engine production rates, but supplier Howmet insists its output is keeping up with demand.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
Archer says it has nearly completed construction of its mass-production facility in Covington, Georgia, where it plans to manufacture Midnight eVTOL air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno
New CEO Kelly Ortberg can focus on reshaping and reinvigorating the battered aerospace giant with the machinists strike resolved.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Robert Wall, Sash Tusa
Even in a duopoly, one company's misfortunate isn't necessarily the other's fortune. Financial analyst Sash Tusa joins our editors to explain why.
Check 6

By Matthew Fulco
Boeing is reportedly considering potential asset sales as it struggles to improve its finances.
Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
In a study relying on employee integration missions, Toulouse-based consultancy Cylad has issued a series of recommendations on how to better train workers.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Rise Air's announcement of an ATR 72-600 order marks the introduction of the type in Canada and adds to the OEM's meager list of sales since January.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Airbus has to deliver a further 211 commercial aircraft over November and December to meet its production target of 770 airliners in 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Rolls-Royce is targeting FAA certification of a Trent 1000 high-pressure turbine blade improvement “in the coming months” after previously projecting the milestone would be reached this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Chinese OEM Comac has hinted that it is in the process of selecting the launch customer for the C929 widebody airliner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Britten-Norman is now hoping to produce its first UK-manufactured Islander in November 2025, marking a slip from the original timeline of May 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is seeing the growing impact of problems at key suppliers such as Spirit AeroSystems, with its planned ramp-up for 2025 and beyond at stake.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
Howmet Aerospace’s revenue and net income both grew at a steady clip in the third quarter thanks to strong demand for engines and within the aftermarket.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain