Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sash Tusa
In the third quarter of this year, there have been fascinating, if early, signs of improvement in the civil aircraft supply chain.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
The company appointed Ryan Carrithers, whose career includes spaceflight company Astra, among others, as its new chief financial officer.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
The business gained prominence as an alternative fastener producer after a February fire destroyed a Precision Castparts factory.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Safran Helicopter Engines expects to deliver more than 800 turboshaft engines in 2025, though this falls almost 200 short of the target it outlined last year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
South Korea plans an industrial leap into the ranks of modern fighter engine-makers, outlining a 14-year plan to field a supersonic, high-performance turbofan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Leonardo says that despite a ticking clock, it still aims to finalize an industrial partnership for its troubled aerostructures activities before year’s end.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Aircraft demand recovered immediately after the pandemic and airframers have been struggling with production ever since, but is the tide now turning?
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau, Victoria Moores
The Boeing 777-9 is planned to arrive in 2027, seven years after the initial target. Customers are struggling to adapt amid a broader shortage of widebodies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
A better picture of how Western aerospace and defense manufacturers are adapting to the accelerating retrenchment in globalization is emerging.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
JetFuel Direct has launched a new digital platform aimed at connecting airlines, business jet and cargo operators directly with fuel suppliers.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Recaro is planning on producing some 150,000 seats this year, a double-digit increase over 2024 in a context of supply and demand challenges.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Chen Chuanren
Japan Airlines is leveraging a new collaboration with Maeve Aerospace to gain early insight into the design of a hybrid-electric regional aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno
Steady rate increases on Boeing’s two key in-service commercial models signal that the airframer’s turnaround is gaining steam.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Molly McMillin
Honeywell says Jim Currier, CEO of Honeywell Aerospace Technologies, will retain his role as head when Honeywell Aerospace is spun off in 2026.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation announced the start of manufacture of conforming propeller blades for its S4 eVTOL air taxi at its factory in Dayton, Ohio.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Byron Callan
Developments since 2020 suggest new frameworks are emerging that could redefine the structure of the defense industry.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
A decade in the making, Korea Aerospace Industries is preparing to deliver the first production versions of the KF-21 Boramae on time by the end of this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Leitch
General aviation piston engine manufacturers ecommend that their engines be overhauled every 12 years, or in operational time – after around 2,000 hours.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
Slower production growth likely means Airbus will push back a larger version of the A220.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Safran's lavatory deliveries may continue to impede the Airbus A350's output, the equipment manufacturer's production numbers suggest.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Jens Flottau, Kevin Michaels
Listen in as Aviation Week editors record a podcast with consultant and contributing columnist Kevin Michaels on the commercial upcycle.
Check 6

By Garrett Reim
Over the past 150 years, warfare has become increasingly decentralized, allowing small groups to pursue goals as the terrain and circumstances permit.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Bearing supplier NTN Europe is acquiring new machine-tools to increase production, a sign that the aerospace supply chain predicament is easing.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Aviation Week Network Staff
Yakovlev flew the second prototype of the so-called import-substituted MC-21-310 narrowbody airliner from its facility in Irkutsk, Russia, on Oct. 28.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Luminary Cloud partnered with Northrop Grumman to accelerate the design and development of rocket nozzles and thrusters for spacecraft from years to months.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion