Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Boeing’s recovery can begin now that 59% of striking workers in the Pacific Northwest accepted Boeing’s latest contract offer to end the work stoppage.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sash Tusa
The two OEMs’ key challenges are the extensive interdependencies across their shared supply chain.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
Front-line workers represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM) voted Nov. 4 to accept Boeing's latest contract proposal
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Uncrewed cargo eSTOL, China’s logistics seaplane and Germany’s megawatt-scale fuel test site.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The new HPT stage 1 blades help address hot-section durability issues that have led to lower-than-expected time-on-wing durations in harsh environments.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
SK Capital has completed the acquisition of Parker Hannifin’s composites and fuel containment operations in North America, renaming it Axillon Aerospace.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Angus Batey
Sustainable flight will require businesses that might otherwise have specialized in discrete aerospace tasks to also get involved in nontraditional areas.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The manufacturer is casting its net abroad as it aims to become one of the 30 largest defense companies globally.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Morocco and Boeing are partnering to establish an advanced manufacturing research centre within Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. Anuradha Deenapanray reports.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Small startups in Airbus’ home city have the potential to drive technological advancements in the industry.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
Boeing and the International Association of Machinists (IAM) have reached a new tentative agreement that will be presented for a vote Nov. 4.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
There is a silver lining on the clouds that formed this year over Seattle, Wichita and elsewhere: the future looks undeniably brighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The A&D industry’s critical minerals supply chain is in a precarious position given its reliance on Chinese imports, panelists say at the Zero Gravity summit.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Another BWB challenger, flying wind turbine, large uncrewed freighter, and automaker flies eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
As the strike at Boeing is impacting the airframer’s supply chain, Safran is taking action to protect its own suppliers, Safran CEO Olivier Andries said.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Nico Buchholz
Widebody airliners remain essential for intercontinental transport, but without new models, an industry built on continuous improvement risks falling behind.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno, Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau, Robert Wall
Kelly Ortberg’s task of revitalizing the beleaguered company was never going to be easy. Striking workers just made it harder.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
Airbus’ freighter ambitions could benefit from the fallout from Boeing’s strategic reset.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Spirit AeroSystems is racing to finish its sale to Airbus and Boeing or find enough bridge financing and cost cuts before otherwise running out of money.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
Boeing employees represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) voted down the latest contract offer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
During an earnings call, Hexcel’s management highlighted “new challenges and shortages” in the supply chain that are adversely affecting production rates.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
GE Aerospace now expects Leap engine deliveries to be off 10% in 2024, more so than previous forecasts of same to 2023 or even up by 5%.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Companies being bought lately have one thing in common: They were struggling to varying degrees.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Molly McMillin
Striking machinist union members at Textron Aviation voted to ratify the company’s newest labor contract offer and agreed to end their walkout.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Boeing and the union representing 33,000 striking machinists have agreed new contract terms to end the more than month-long walkout. The union vote is Oct. 23.
Aircraft & Propulsion