Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Chairman Helmuth Ludwig explained the personnel changes stem from the board’s desire to “to unlock the potential of Circor and accelerate progress on our strategic priorities.”
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jen DiMascio
Defiant clears mission profile tests; South Korea’s big missile export deal; Storm Shadow upgrade tests; and BrahMos’ first sale abroad.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Seasoned dealmakers say late 2022-early 2023 could see a long-awaited—and potentially dramatic—revival in commercial aero M&A among small and midsized enterprises.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Texel Air, an established airline and MRO based Bahrain, has celebrated the launch of the latest addition to its fleet and the very first for the region, a 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter.
MRO

Scott Thompson
Accelerating net-zero carbon emissions is in the best interest of the aviation industry, businesses and consumers.
Sustainability

By Byron Callan
International conflicts, contracting decisions, shareholders and an industrial-base review are likely to shape the A&D outlook in 2022.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Satcom for Perlan glider; Alcohol-to-jet SAF boost; Regent’s seaglider demonstrator; Aura picks batteries; and Dufour adds distributor.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Pilling
Gaël Méheust, chief executive of engine maker CFM talks to Mark Pilling about the company’s current focus on its RISE programme – Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines – and its goal to bring increasingly efficient and sustainable engines.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno, Thierry Dubois
Companies are announcing plans to hire thousands of workers, but aerospace has a lot of emotional baggage to work out with them first.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
Embraer has agreed to sell its Evora site in Portugal to Spanish aerostructures specialist Aernnova for $172 million in the hope that the facility can attract business from other aircraft manufacturers while reducing Embraer’s exposure in aircraft components.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
Airbus is keeping a close eye on the COVID-19 situation in China’s Tianjin, home to the airframer’s only final assembly line in Asia, after authorities ordered a partial lockdown of the city in response to the detection of 40 cases linked to the omicron variant.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
New factory to build prototypes for developmental and operational testing through 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The plan to fix the KC-46’s troubled Remote Vision System (RVS) is delayed as the U.S. Air Force and Boeing try to work through a longstanding issue with the aircraft’s panoramic visual system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Finalizing aircraft certification plans and filling out the mobility ecosystem are priorities for 2022.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
China’s eVTOL leader shifts strategy from aircraft sales to mobility service.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Share prices of publicly traded A&D companies in 2021 were up from catastrophic 2020, but still down from pre-pandemic heights.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Eaton, a mid-tier aerospace and defense supplier, has acquired Royal Power Solutions, a U.S.-based manufacturer of high-precision electrical connectivity components used in electric vehicle, energy management, industrial and mobility markets.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
The lobbying association for the French aerospace industry, GIFAS, says its members may need to hire up to 15,000 after a period of job cuts.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Saudi Arabia’s Power for Defense Technologies Company (PDTC), has signed an agreement with Navratana Defense PSU, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) India, to bring India and Saudi Arabia closer through the promotion of defence and aerospace technologies.
Defense

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force’s highest-end fighter faces early retirement; leaders say replacement needed to counter China
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Don’t confuse public handwringing about hiring struggles in A&D with actual lost business. Robots will protect the bottom line.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

John Schmidt
Building supply chain resilience, sustainable innovations and collaboration can help companies persevere through continued uncertainty.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Joe Anselmo
Exciting new aerospace markets will continue to emerge and grow, and Aviation Week will provide you data and analysis about them.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Airbus has unveiled Airbus Atlantic, a wholly owned subsidiary that starts off as the No. 2 aerostructures provider in the Western business world as measured by annual sales.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
An investment fund is playing a key role in safeguarding small companies and creating larger groups in France’s aerospace industry.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain