Manufacturing & Supply Chain

CFO Brian West told a Bank of America investor conference that Boeing would buy back Spirit using cash and debt; Boeing ended 2023 with almost $16 billion.

The company is working on changing long-established priorities that valued speed over quality.

Tier 1 aerostructures supplier GKN Aerospace is expanding production of key Leap 1 components.

Rising demand for weapons stocks is driving a review of European missile manufacturing.

Fuel systems for hydrogen; 3D printing on the Moon; LH2 tank breakthrough; the cost of avoiding contrails; and Velis Electro approved for training.

Joby is a vertically integrated OEM developing most of its own components and systems in-house, while Archer is relying on Tier One legacy aerospace suppliers.

A leaner supply chain could emerge where even the smaller suppliers will operate in the billion-dollar range.

General Electric is dead—long live GE Aerospace. Behold the newest pure-play aerospace and defense giant.

With major F-15 retirements and a reduction in F-15EX buys, the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of Eagles faces a rocky future.

Startup provides ultrafast, accurate engineering analysis as a cloud-based software service.

Having seized the pole position in electric vehicles, Chinese industry is racing ahead in advanced air mobility.

The FAA launched its audit in the wake of the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines 737-9 incident in which a door plug blew off the aircraft.

For decades, aircraft manufacturers have preferred derivatives over all-new aircraft. That approach appears to be ending.

3DMF's high-energy hydro-forming technology may make production of complex parts easier, cutting long, painstaking steps, Safran Nacelles CEO Vincent Caro says.

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

Can a second marriage born of a shotgun wedding be successful? Boeing and Spirit talk merger.

Talks to acquire troubled aerostructures supplier Spirit Aerosystems hold big implications for Boeing—and Airbus. Our editors break it down.

The project was eclipsed by private spacecraft refueling efforts.

Unplanned PW1000G inspections strain Pratt & Whitney’s parts supply chain.

The first Bell 525 order was one of several placed by the offshore helicopter industry at this year’s Heli-Expo.

The plan also includes the creation of a European Defense Industry Program.

Daher is gearing up to test large components made from thermoplastic composites and pitch them for future commercial aircraft.

Columbia Helicopters and Erickson are producing new-build S-64s and Model 234 Commercial Chinooks for the first time in decades.

The ARJ21 is well put together, packed with western equipment and—so it seems—infinitely versatile.

Five initiatives that small and medium-size enterprises can take to improve their cash conversion cycle.