Supply Chain

For the first time in a generation, inflationary drivers are pushing up prices across the supplier base. What are the effects?

Deliveries were halted after the discovery of a Chinese supplier at a low level of the supply chain, but a waiver has now been granted that applies to those F-35s awaiting delivery.

The fuselage for the Hungarian Air Force’s first KC-390 transport aircraft is complete and awaiting fitment of the wings.

A South Korean lawmaker says that the Republic of Korea Air Force's Lockheed Martin F-35As were classified as “operationally unready” on 234 times over an 18-month period ending in June.

A web of challenges is holding back aerospace and defense from exceeding expectations, especially labor and supply chain issues.

L3Harris Technologies’ move to acquire Viasat’s Link 16 Tactical Data Links product line for roughly $1.96 billion will bolster the former’s effort to remain a large, trusted disruptor for the U.S. military, while also providing cash for the latter, which is reshaping its portfolio ahead of its own major acquisition.

Sabena says that half of the French military helicopter fleet will now benefit from its services.

After a long period of tame increases, price spikes are returning as a fact of life in aerospace and defense.

The Spanish Defense Ministry has awarded local industry with contracts to investigate “possible evolutions of the challenges of national defense, the air domain, and will detail possible solutions to face them.”

As the traditional summer travel season in the Northern Hemisphere came to a close in early September, analysts who cover aerospace and defense were paying more attention to rising energy costs, especially in Europe.

All F-35 deliveries remain halted until the Pentagon approves a waiver or an alternative source enters the supply chain in late October.

The substantial cash deal, agreed in August 2021, was confirmed as completed on Sept. 13.

Boeing is making a large bet on its ability to win future fighter programs to the tune of more than half a billion dollars for four state-of-the-art fabrication, production and assembly facilities that are purpose-built for combat aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force now offers the mobile ad-hoc networking technology to international partners with light attack aircraft.

Northrop Grumman quietly developed a nickel-alloy combustor that could unlock a decades-long hurdle to rapid propulsion.

The move signals the growing importance of electric power in new aircraft designs.

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

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.

International sales would depend on Seoul allowing the release and export of certain UAS technologies and capabilities.

The F-35 and Typhoon are soaring, while development of Franco-German FCAS and sales of the Swedish Gripen lag.

A look at three models private equity groups could use to refashion aerospace and defense for the next supercycle.

The mission would be Terran R Launch vehicle’s first flight.

As demand grows for civil and military aircraft, global industry has yet to solve raw material, supply chain and skill shortage issues.

The company provides defense and aerospace OEMs with the opportunity to avoid reliance on third-party microelectronics suppliers.

The defense prime has held talks with British and European suppliers at Farnborough.