Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
The decision to temporarily store the aircraft at Everett provides Boeing “an early learning opportunity” for the impending assembly line expansion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
What do Frank Sinatra and Darius Adamczyk have in common? Both chairmen of the board did it their way and had few regrets.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
Deliveries were paused for more than a month as Boeing was forced to rework airworthiness limitations math.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Airbus is in the process of creating a dedicated, decoupled structural assembly line for the more complex A321XLR production process.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Alex Krutz
Industry is on the cusp of the Great Ramp-Up, a super-cycle stretching across aerospace and defense. How can suppliers boost throughput and profits?
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Albany International, the provider of 3D-woven composite fan blades to Safran for LEAP aircraft engines, announced March 13 that it is searching for a new CEO.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
Air cargo has been booming. Even though the market is now slowing, airlines see a need for more aircraft than currently planned for the long term.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Conformal LH2 tank; Trajectory-based efficiencies; CycloRotor eVTOL testing; and SAF from oil trees.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Dassault's focus is squarely on resolving its supply chain issues with CEO Eric Trappier describing it as a "daily concern."
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
The first Airbus aircraft assembled outside of Toulouse was grounded in November.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
A plan emerges to establish weapons-making capacity in Australia, starting with perhaps a new production order for Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jens Flottau
A significant portion of the in-service fleet is coming up for retirement and feedstock for passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions is becoming scarce.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
AI produces alien-like bone structures that are lighter and stronger.
Space

By Jens Flottau
Before the coronavirus pandemic, IAG was Europe’s most profitable legacy airline group. Now it is struggling to keep up.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
The F-35 Joint Program Office has issued a directive recommending that all Pratt & Whitney F135 engines be retrofitted within 90 days.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
AutoFlight, a startup with operations in China and Europe, has completed the longest flight to date by an eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
The company said there was no timetable, and it may not comment again unless or until its board of directors approves a deal.
Supply Chain

By Lee Ann Shay
Embraer received the first E190 that will undergo a passenger-to-freighter conversion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
Industry sources are expressing increased confidence Boeing can meet its revised schedule for 777X entry-into-service two years from now.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Michael Bruno
The Tenth Circuit overturned a $45 million win by the former Spirit Aero CEO in an earlier federal district case, returning the dispute to the district level.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
New engine reliability issues are helping drive the need for work on older engines, forcing MRO providers to adapt.
Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
The clock is ticking for the 777X if it has any hope of meeting Boeing’s revised 2025 delivery target.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Pilling
Paramount Group was showcasing its new brand and a strategic vision to become a global OEM at IDEX 2023.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Aero Vodochody's new line will deliver aircraft fuselages ready for final assembly of the Czech-made jet trainer.
Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
The largest aerospace worker union in North America said Feb. 25 it reached a tentative agreement with Lockheed Martin covering some 4,000 staff.
Supply Chain