Manufacturing & Supply Chain

NASA is poised to begin flight tests of a representative stub wing section that is aimed at dramatically enhancing the drag-reducing benefits of natural laminar flow (NLF) in next-generation, swept wing airliners.

Southeast Asian airlines are poised for expansion to meet soaring demand projections.

Daher is upgrading its TBM 900 small business aircraft and looking for more aerostructures and services work.

Engine OEMs’ profit drivers are in direct opposition to those of Boeing and Airbus—everyone is in the same boat, but they are rowing in different directions.

The fatal crash of an ATR 42-500 in Indonesia Jan. 17 brought the total number of ATR accidents and incidents in the Asia-Pacific region to three this year.

Embraer is buying Safran's stake in their 50-50 joint venture EZAir, which manufactures interiors for the Brazilian airframer's regional jets.

Bain Capital-backed interiors supplier Jamco Corp. has announced its second acquisition in as many months, agreeing to buy German lavatory specialist Schueschke

Boeing and Airbus's 2025 O+D numbers illustrate very different stories, but neither should assume their respective performances will continue into 2026.

Airframers' 2025 delivery totals are in. Aviation Week’s team grades Airbus, Boeing and the smaller OEMs on their production performance last year.

A new executive order and presidential posts on social media target legacy defense industry spoils, but will they work?

The United States’ sweeping 2025 trade tariffs introduced by the Trump administration are having a profound effect on the South African aerospace manufacturing sector.

Various supply chain issues in Europe are jeopardizing Airbus’ 2027 target output of 75 A320-family aircraft per month.

Large defense companies and startups alike are challenging the de facto duopoly of Northrop Grumman and L3Harris-owned Aerojet Rocketdyne.

Bouyed by full-year 2025 production numbers, manufacturers are cautiously optimistic that a steadily upward trend is emerging, but more challenges await.

Boeing and startup Salient Motion plan to attempt to certify modular actuators for commercial airliners.

President Donald Trump’s new attack on defense industry shareholder awards and executive pay will be problematic for the entire sector.

When Eve Air Mobility’s EVE-100 engineering demonstrator lifted briefly into a controlled hover for the first time on Dec. 19, the moment marked a long-anticipated milestone for the Embraer-backed startup.

Delta Air Lines has ordered 30 Boeing 787-10s, marking its first widebody order from the U.S. airframer in nearly two decades.

Comac handed over 15 C919s to Chinese state-owned airlines during 2025.

Hiring and access to working capital are the main challenges for UK aerospace suppliers, says a director at industry lobbying group ADS.

Personal eVTOLs showcased; nuclear power for SAF; 3D-printed turbojet; and a large cargo UAS.

China conducted the first flight of a domestically developed 3D-printed turbojet engine in November 2025.

ACS UK, Diehl Aviation, FACC and Safran Cabin are making monuments lighter and easier for the crew to use.

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

Recruiting production workers has long been a headache for the French industry—which includes critical suppliers for Airbus and CFM International.