Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Hypersonic startup accelerates development plan with jump to revised Quarterhorse demonstrator strategy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
The reduced forecast also means a 6% cut, or a $70 million hit, to Triumph’s previous sales guidance for fiscal 2025.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Now CEO of Hexcel, Tom Gentile has been reflecting on his time at the helm of troubled aerostructures giant Spirit AeroSystems.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Daniel Williams, Guy Ferneyhough
The opening of final assembly lines in Tianjin, China, and Mobile, Alabama, have shifted the dynamics of Airbus A320 production.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Garrett Reim
Satellite bus manufacturer is critical to national security program but is in financial trouble.
Space

On the first day of the Future Aviation Forum, taking place in Riyadh, 47 deals were confirmed with a value of $19 billion.
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
An ocean world some 450 million mi. from Earth is a tantalizing candidate for life.
Space

By Tony Osborne
As Europe faces multiple potential axes of attack, more European countries might need to reconsider their ground-based air defense plans.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Quantum inertial navigation; airport hydrogen handling demo; lithium-metal pack tested; and autonomous agricultural helicopter.
Emerging Technologies

By Matthew Fulco
The aerospace and defense sector has long faced formidable labor challenges, from an aging workforce to a growing shortage of crucial engineering talent.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
The OEM would be capable of building a larger narrowbody, but it is not clear that the company will go for it.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
The Wichita company pledged to conduct the layoffs “in as compassionate a manner as possible.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
The 787 faces new quality assurance woes, but the need to add a freighter to the family has eased.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
With FARA canceled and FLRAA’s design changed, U.S. Special Operations Command is adjusting its own modernization goals.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
A hydrogen fuel-cell-powered helicopter is being eyed for zero-emission delivery of manufactured organs for human transplants.
Emerging Technologies

By Matthew Fulco
Savoie discusses the company’s evolving business strategy amid a tense geopolitical environment.
Supply Chain

William J. Lynn III and Steve Grundman
In a healthy defense industrial ecosystem, companies occupying the middle ground—between the many small companies and a few large ones—perform important systemic roles.
Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
Archer expects to make the first transition of its full-scale Midnight prototype in the coming months, marking a key milestone in development of its air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
What Bertrand Piccard’s new hydrogen-focused Climate Impulse circumnavigating enterprise could mean for Airbus’ ZEROe project.
Emerging Technologies

By Kurt Hofmann
The Austrian aerospace company recorded significant revenue growth in the first quarter of 2024 but is staying flexible as aircraft deliveries remain uncertain.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
The China Aviation Planning and Design Institute says it has won the bid to construct the second phase of the Comac C919 assembly plant in Shanghai.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Former Boeing CEO and Chairman Frank Shrontz, who led the company through key developments ranging from the 747-400 and 777 to the space station, died aged 92.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Developers of turbo- and diesel-electric generators offer flexibility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Certification plans firm up as turbo-compressor and humidifier changes pave the way for the next flight-test phase.
Emerging Technologies