Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Aerospace industry executives are committing to a spacefaring future that represents all of humanity.

Unmanned Logistics System emerges as the top priority as attack and utility fleet replacement is deferred.

The country's adoption of the Gulfstream G550 for intelligence-gathering aligns with the trend of modifying special-mission business jets.

Can material and labor supply keep pace with aftermarket demand as flight activity recovers?

After 29 months, Boeing will again attempt to fly its commercial space taxi to the space station.

When OEMs launch a new airplane program, they will need supplier partners to help shoulder the burden of development.

Market demand for the A320neo family remains strong, but Airbus is delaying A321XLR entry-into-service due to certification issues.

Being selected for a new-generation flight management system (FMS) on the Airbus A320, A330 and A350 is consolidating Thales’ position in the avionics market versus Collins Aerospace, GE Aviation and Honeywell.

A massive skills gap facing industries including aerospace and space needs urgent attention from governments and corporations according to the advisory board for the Global Aerospace Summit which takes place in Abu Dhabi this month.

Newly appointed Minister of Industry and Commerce, Ryad Mezzour, met representatives of the Group of Aeronautics and Space Industries of Morocco (GIMAS) to give new impetus to the sector.

Lockheed Martin-General Motors lunar vehicle designed to transit moon autonomously for prepositioned rendezvous with incoming missions.

French industry launches new promotion effort to hire young production workers amidst concern low interest may hamper production ramp-up.

Canadian aerostructures and spacecraft sub-tier provider Magellan Aerospace saw almost 7% greater revenue during the first quarter of 2022 over the year-before period.

Sikorsky looks for new international buyers, upgrades for U.S. Army helos.

A supersonic military drone will take precedence until civil demand for a low-boom supersonic transport matures.

First-quarter 2022 financial reports from Airbus and Boeing were snapshots of the different fates the two leading airframers face. Listen in as Aviation Week editors Jens Flottau, Guy Norris and Michael Bruno discuss the increasingly diverging paths within the duopoly.

Boeing remains a going concern, but it cannot shake the specter of an existential crisis. A resolution may be far from clear.

The development phase for the Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft has been extended four years due to COVID-19 supply chain delays.

Airlines see regulatory writing on the wall and start making SAF commitments.

The service will focus on platforms to counter China including the B-21, NGAD and the F-35.

The OEM says longer certification timelines are a new fact of life as development woes and fixed-price contracts force first-quarter losses.

F-35 and F-15EX programs face near-term cuts as U.S. Air Force makes new push for Next-Generation Air Dominance.

Aircraft Industries, the manufacturer of the Let family of turboprop regional aircraft, is now back in Czech hands after being acquired from its Russian owners.

Raytheon Technologies has shaved back its forecasted revenue for 2022, but the Super Tier 1 supplier reiterated the rest of its full-year profit guidance, illustrating how the wider Western aerospace and defense industry continues to encounter headwinds in its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but not enough to derail momentum.

Airbus has been forced by its workers to walk away from an earlier plan to sell its plant in Varel, Germany, to Mubea, an automotive supplier aiming at expanding into aerospace.