Manufacturing & Supply Chain

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“We are not considering further increases seriously at this point,” Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury says.

In what is becoming a year of going back to basics, aerospace manufacturing workers have the microphone.

Airbus is working to quadruple the production rate of the H175 to reflect the growing market need for the super-medium helicopter.

Amid discouraging outlook for turboprops, ATR is back in the black and working on new versions.

While acknowledging they have to improve competitiveness, Daher’s officials insist OEMs must accept price increases.

Failing again to field the OH-58 Kiowa’s replacement, the U.S. Army will rely on uncrewed aircraft and space-based assets for the armed reconnaissance mission.

Two of Germany’s large aerospace suppliers seek better access to the U.S. market and Boeing, with very different approaches.

Government-to-government discussions about a potential Saudi Typhoon order are ongoing.

Boeing’s leadership team must continue to ask the hard questions and look further to honestly assess company culture that could contribute to future problems.

New, more hands-on production surveillance is likely to emerge from Boeing’s supply chain and quality missteps.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Major aerostructures supplier Daher is prioritizing Airbus A320 component deliveries to help mitigate supply chain issues that have caused production delays.

Ihssane Mounir, Boeing senior VP for global supply chain and fabrication, told a key supplier conference that suppliers and the OEM owe each other transparency.

Investigators are still working to piece together what happened to the Boeing 737-9 in the weeks leading up to its delivery to Alaska.

Aviation Week projects that regional defense investment will to climb to $270 billion by 2032 from $197 billion in 2023.

Triumph management remains bullish about expected benefits from the sale of its Product Support group.

MRCY’s revenue fell to $197.5 million from $229.6 million a year earlier, while earnings per share were -$0.42, well below a consensus estimate of $0.07.

Doug Ackerman, vice president for supplier quality at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, updated a key supplier conference on the nature of its supply chain problems.

The company hopes to unleash untapped benefits of the aircraft for commercial and military use.

Investigators determined the door plug was not opened between the airplane’s Oct. 31, 2023, delivery to Alaska Airlines and the accident flight.

FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker heads to Capitol Hill Feb. 6 as the lone listed witness in what figures to be a heavy lift of a hearing.

Airlines are also warming up to the idea of buying beyond the duopoly—looking toward Embraer and even China’s Comac.

Manufacturers of radars, missiles and system integrators should see a near-decade of exceptional volume and demand.

Honeywell plans to expand its Olathe, Kansas, facility under an $84 million project for the production of avionics and printed circuit-board assemblies.