Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Spatial, a provider of cabin crew simulators based in Ras Al Khaimah, has just completed a factory acceptance test for three training devices with representatives of the Polish Aviation Academy.

The funding was awarded by the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration.

Transferring integrated model-based system engineering (MBE) tools for aircraft design and production to the commercial sector is no slam-dunk.

Everyone needs to brush up on the fundamentals, and nothing can be taken for granted.

Problems with a part wearing prematurely led CFM International to recommend special monitoring of a Leap-1B performance parameter, and European regulators will mandate the work.

The largest Russian manufacturer of commercial aircraft has seen its first-half losses increase tenfold.

Mecachrome has completed the takeover of the WeAre Group, a significant step in the consolidation of the French supply chain.

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has unveiled its plans for the future, including its hopes for the Middle East commercial and military markets.

The 737-10 certification effort enters its final phase as Boeing prepares a third aircraft for the test campaign.

Program managers are in the middle of the maelstrom, wrestling with issues many have never dealt with in their careers. Aviation Week editors discuss what they heard at the 2022 Program Excellence Evaluation Team meeting in August.

Fifty years after Apollo, NASA is preparing for a permanent presence around the Moon.

Mid-decade still looks feasible for the commercial launch of eVTOL air taxi services.

Russia’s war against Ukraine has made the CR929 program more difficult to manage, with Western sanctions causing more delays.

Heads Up Technologies has bought fellow aircraft cabin lighting supplier STG Aerospace for its "concept-to-certification capability and extensive intellectual property."

The company plans to convert its biorefinery in Houston to into a SAF hub, producing 250 million gal. per year by 2025.

The aerospace technology and component provider has begun ramping-up its 787 production lines; “[It’s] a factor that will increase FACC’s revenue stream as we speak,” the CEO says.

Signing of the Inflation Reduction Act by President Biden introduces key mechanisms to improve the sustainability of aviation.

Russia's ban on exporting RD-181 engines to U.S. spurs change.

Switch to Western sources like Allegheny Technologies and Howmet are not creating major disruptions.

The UAE’s Strategic Development Fund (SDF) – the investment arm of Tawazun Economic Council – has invested into the development of a hydrogen powered aviation programme.

Aerospace and defense executives are ready for a digital reinvention—it’s time for governments to facilitate the change.

As deliveries restart, Boeing aims to wipe out its stored backlog and bring production back up to at least five per month.

Boeing entered August having delivered 204 737 MAXs in 2022 so far and now aims to deliver 400 by year's end.

Commercial technology is catching up with military hardware.

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