Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno, Ben Goldstein, Guy Norris, Helen Massy-Beresford, Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau
Slowly coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, aviation is facing another huge task: dealing with the fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jen DiMascio
Egypt approved to receive F-15EX; North Korean missile test failure; Satcom prototype clears review; and Boeing’s Australian suppliers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Howmet Aerospace sees potential for growth as airframe and engine manufacturers shift their titanium supply chain sourcing away from Russia but will not alter its business strategy to chase market share, its top executive said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kevin Michaels
The Russian titanium supply cutoff has two silver linings for the battered aerospace supply chain.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Rob Spingarn and Scott Mikus
Many suppliers have found alternate sources of the metal, and OEMs have built up buffer inventory.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
This is the year is when the bevy of SPACs that formed in 2020 faces a deal-or-no-deal moment.
Commercial Space

By Byron Callan
The war in Ukraine could push defense spending to grow annually as fast or faster than GDP for the balance of the 2020s.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Whisper’s quiet drone; Avoiding satellite collision; Refueling in space; Hypersonic funding boost; and Rapid hydrogen refueling.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has developed a cost-sharing model with customers to develop upgrades for rotary-wing platforms now out of production.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
The zero-emission propulsion startup Hydrogen is to locate manufacturing and distribution of its modular hydrogen capsules and assembly of regional-aircraft powertrain retrofit kits at the New Mexico facility.
Emerging Technologies

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Startup companies are attracting both seasoned executives and new graduates with sustainability goals and company equity offers.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Hyundai division seeks candidates where they are doing what they love.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Menlo Microsystems is targeting end-users in aerospace and defense, among other key markets, for a device that marries a mechanical relay and a semiconductor switch.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Daniel Williams, Ron Epstein
Bank of America’s Ron Epstein joins our experts to assess the industry’s reliance on Russian metals and whether lessors could lose hundreds of aircraft.
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
Boeing, Airbus stand firm on planned airliner production rate increases, despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and ongoing supplier woes.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
CPI Aerostructures CEO and President Douglas McCrosson is leaving, the embattled Tier 1-2 defense supplier announced March 9, and outside industry veteran Dorith Hakim has been hired as successor CEO.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier has suspended all activities with Russian clients, including all forms of technical assistance as the war in Ukraine continues, according to the Montreal-based OEM.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Spirit AeroSystems’ acquisition of the assets of Bombardier’s Short Brothers operation in Northern Ireland in 2020 has accelerated the company’s goal to diversify so it is less reliant on the commercial sector.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
The aerospace and defense recovery after the pandemic is expected to continue, but the industry faces several headwinds and not everyone will benefit equally. Listen in to hear why Tier 2 in the supply chain warrants close scrutiny as a point of concern in coming years.
MRO

Russia’s invasion has reawakened Western democracies and shown the limits of brute force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Aircraft Industries, the Czech manufacturer of the Let family of turboprop transport aircraft, says in an open letter that its ownership by Russian holding group Ural Mining Metallurgical Company (UGMK) “is likely to change a lot for us as a company, but we ourselves do not know what the consequences will be.”
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois, Guy Norris, Michael Bruno, Sean Broderick
Sanctions may have a fast and sweeping effect on Russian air transport, which cannot rely on local production or services.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace eyes “aggressive price policy” for international sales of indigenous Gokbey twin-engine medium rotorcraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
GKN Aerospace has tested an advanced turbine rear structure (TRS) design which demonstrated a potential weight reduction of up to 14% compared to current commercial engine configurations.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Airbus Ventures, L3Harris Technologies and Heico have joined a group of venture capitalists to invest $60 million in CesiumAstro, a four-year-old active-phased-array startup, the companies announced March 2.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain