Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Sponsored by Testek
Testek’s Senior Vice President, Todd Meredith talks to Aviation Week TV about the evolution of ADAS systems (Automatic Data Acquisition Systems).
Emerging Technologies

By Angus Batey
As long-term and highly experienced incumbents like Boeing know all too well, certification is not a quick or easy process.
Emerging Technologies

Sponsored by CDI Products
Vice President of Commercial Development, Kurt Hayden, and Commercial Director of Aerospace, Steve James, talks to us about the growing MRO demand.
Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
A longtime deal-maker in mergers and acquisitions sees a changing landscape, a renaissance in small manufacturing, more transactions and cautionary tales.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Scott Mikus
A common theme in airliner financial failures is that airframers do not implement value-based pricing.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Growing end markets, ample funds and government encouragement are all helping drive mergers and acquisitions to new levels.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Antoine Fafard
New aircraft deliveries during the first quarter of 2026 for ATR, Comac and Embraer saw varying degrees of success in ramping up production.
AWIN Knowledge Center

Aviation Week Staff
Russia’s Tupolev has unveiled its first widebody aircraft concept, the Tu-454; industry sources say, however, that it is not an active development program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Antoine Fafard
In March 2026, Airbus secured 331 firm aircraft orders, significantly outpacing Boeing and pulling ahead for the year to date.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno, Lori Ranson
U.S. first-quarter earnings are typically a non-event, but not this year. Editors look ahead to updates from airlines and OEMs and share what they will be watching for.
Check 6

By Michael Bruno
Aerospace and defense manufacturers are counting on one technology above others.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Sponsored by FlackTek
Co-founder and General Manager, Matt Gross tells us how FlackTek provides precise, fast, and repeatable mixing for Aerospace and beyond.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Jeremiah Gertler
Instead of building on success with adaptive engines, the government has introduced delays in their development.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The MV-75 plan is a “success-oriented schedule,” with as much flexibility taken out as possible to meet the demands of top Army leaders, officials say.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Safran Aircraft Engines is upgrading its forging capabilities by investing $176 million in the acquisition of a hydraulic press at a facility in Gennevilliers.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus is designing a reconfigurable area that offers a position for a passenger's personal wheelchair and their companion in the economy cabin.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Alan Dron
Unum Aircraft Seating is exhibiting its planned Unum Two forward-facing business-class seat at AIX as it works toward final certification of its herringbone-configured Unum One model.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Graham Warwick
NASA’s X-plane call; batteries for eR66; air-to-fuel SAF process; and volatiles key to contrails.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Orders are stacking up for both the Airbus A350F and Boeing 777-8F as the two new-generation large twinjet freighters approach production and test milestones.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
When can Airbus and Boeing come close to matching or even exceeding their combined output during the second half of the decade prior to the pandemic in 2020?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Proposed 2027 budget allocates funds for controller hiring and certification personnel.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Airbus Americas is growing its U.S. supply base as demand for airliners expands and as it considers new variants and looks toward Wichita and beyond for support.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Latecoere epitomizes Europe's supply chain’s situation: striving to regain profitability, it has yet to recover from the pandemic, with imperfect delivery rates.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
The regional airframer has envisaged the hybrid-electric ATR EVO since the early 2020s, and after periods of uncertainty, the project is gaining fresh momentum.
Emerging Technologies

By Kevin Michaels
Beijing controls 85-90% of global rare earth-refining capacity and more than 90% of high-performance magnet production.
Supply Chain