Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
Proponents of artificial intelligence in aerospace say the technology will help workers, not replace all of them.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Nexus eVTOL takes shape; Archer heads to Korea; Hy2Move boosts hydrogen; and certifying seagliders.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Digital fingerprints allow customers to check a part’s authenticity by taking a picture with a cellphone.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Aviation Week Network Staff
This week’s personnel changes include senior management level developments at a U.S.-based aviation industry powerhouse and an Azerbaijani cargo carrier.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
China’s Ministry of Commerce will start restricting the export of numerous aerospace components and parts that might support their manufacture.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Combined German 2023 defense industry sales have advanced 19% year-on-year to €10 billion ($11 billion), ahead of the 18% growth recorded by the civil sector.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno
The manufacturer’s key targets for 737 and 787 production remain in place, but mounting problems in the short run will not spare its balance sheet.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
“Boeing is not the only one that is out there [struggling],” American CEO Robert Isom said during the Bernstein’s 40th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
According to Accenture’s latest Commercial Aerospace Insight Report, there is widespread and growing confidence in the supplier base.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jeremy Kariuki
Despite rising geopolitical tensions and economic strains, President and CEO Eric Trappier expressed confidence in Dassault’s market performance at EBACE.
EBACE

By Angus Batey
In 2023, Airbus Helicopters booked 74 sales, representing 42% of the total orders placed across all corporate helicopter manufacturers in the year.
EBACE

By Molly McMillin
European respondents to JetNet iQ’s survey of business aviation owners and operators cited environmental and sustainability issues as No. 2.
EBACE

Aviation Week Network Staff
This week’s movements reflect management developments at JetBlue Airways, CAE, and Uzbekistan's Samarkand International Airport.
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