Manufacturing & Supply Chain

The Defense Department is going shopping in a bid to gain information on everything from loitering attack munitions to Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

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.

FACC has reported healthy nine-month results but warns that an above-average increase in Central European labor costs is weighing on the supplier.

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.

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

How will a second Trump administration affect the defense industry and global alliances? The McCain Institute’s executive director joins our editors to discuss.

Boeing expects to need several weeks to restart production on affected programs with deliveries likely to ramp up in a similarly slow fashion.

Having shaken up Southwest Airlines, activist investor Elliott Investment Management is setting its sights on a new target: Honeywell International.

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.

Air China will be the launch customer for the Comac C929 widebody aircraft.

Salient Motion is working on a “library of certifiable building blocks” for actuators.

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

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.

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.

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

New CEO Kelly Ortberg can focus on reshaping and reinvigorating the battered aerospace giant with the machinists strike resolved.

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.

Boeing is reportedly considering potential asset sales as it struggles to improve its finances.

In a study relying on employee integration missions, Toulouse-based consultancy Cylad has issued a series of recommendations on how to better train workers.

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.

Airbus has to deliver a further 211 commercial aircraft over November and December to meet its production target of 770 airliners in 2024.

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.

Chinese OEM Comac has hinted that it is in the process of selecting the launch customer for the C929 widebody airliner.

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.

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.