Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
The engine-maker is using digital design tools and rapid manufacturing processes to accelerate Orpheus engine development.
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SAMI Composites has signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin to develop a Composites Manufacturing Centre of Excellence in Riyadh.
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Airbus has successfully delivered its first full-size wing prototype or ‘demonstrator’ through its Wing of Tomorrow programme to help mature next-generation wing technologies.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
UK funds low-carbon and advanced-mobility projects; GKN leads Dutch research; and Defining a heavy-lift airship.
Emerging Technologies

By Victoria Moores
The two companies will cooperate on a series of early concept ground tests of a Rolls AE 2100 engine, followed by a full-scale ground test of a Rolls Pearl 15 jet engine.
On Location

By Linda Blachly
Archer expects to achieve type certification of its production aircraft in 2024.
On Location

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo says it could be ready to build the AW149 for the UK requirement by year-end if needed.
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By Angus Batey
Aerospace is far behind industries like automotive when it comes to integrating robotics into factories.
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By Brian Everstine
Kathy Warden discusses the JWST, growth in the space market, the B-21 family of systems and a goal for the fighter market.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau, Joe Anselmo
GE has announced plans to rebrand its three business units into GE Healthcare, GE Vernova and GE Aerospace.
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By Michael Bruno
“Transaction values and volumes declined in the first half of 2022 despite rising geopolitical tensions, most notably the war in Ukraine,” says PwC’s midyear A&D outlook.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Rolls-Royce Defence business has designed, built, and run an innovative small engine concept in under 18 months that will change how products and technologies are developed for the UK’s Future Combat Air Strategy (FCAS).
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin’s rapid prototyping division defines new concept for collaboration between crewed and uncrewed combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
New requirements, more conservative approaches and evolving international relationships force OEMs to build more time into certification.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Anticipating swift growth in India and hoping for a follow-on Rafale contract, Safran invests in production and MRO facilities.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Thermoplastic composites and ceramics are seen as crucial to aviation’s sustainability efforts.
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By Joe Anselmo, Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
Boeing CEO David Calhoun takes on critics and explains why the company won’t be rushed into developing a next-generation narrowbody.
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By Steve Trimble
Digital engineering helped Raytheon score the first U.S. flight test of an air-breathing hypersonic missile demonstrator since 2013.
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By Graham Warwick
X-59 Quesst Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator is in the final stages of assembly at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Daniel Williams
The aircraft manufacturers are short hundreds of engines as suppliers can’t keep pace with demand to build and maintain airplanes. Listen in as we break down th
Aerospace

By Molly McMillin
Daher, the French-based maker of TBM turboprops and the Kodiak 100 utility aircraft, closed July 1 on Triumph Group’s 400,000-ft.² metallic and composite aerostructures facility in Stuart, Florida, a move that expands its U.S. industrial presence.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
“China poses a far more complex and pervasive threat to businesses than even most sophisticated company leaders realize,” FBI Director Chris Wray said.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sean Broderick, Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
The aircraft-maker, confident the 737-10 will be greenlighted for service without flight-crew alerting system, may end program if mandate is applied.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau, Tony Osborne
Aviation Week editors talk with Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury about all things commercial and defense, but his focus is on sustainability.
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