Supply Chain

Milestones for the T-7 trainer; what comes after the MQ-9; Sierra Nevada’s Shooting Star and a new name for Airbus operations in the U.S.

L3Harris leaders say their focus remains carrying out their prior plans for their merger of equals.

President Matthew Bromberg on COVID-19, production increases and future development efforts.

The outlook for Eurofighter and F-35 looks bright, but questions remain about the future of the Hawk jet trainer.

Greg Hayes took heat for merging UTC with Raytheon, but critics are silenced as defense has cushioned the company during the pandemic.

Aerion’s carbon-neutral fuel; Calspan tests trust in AI; Dubai advances Sky Dome; DLR backs clean aviation; Lilium’s modular vertiports.

Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston says in an interview how the RAF is adapting to COVID-19 and looking ahead to transformative initiatives such as ASTRA.

Airbus Defense & Space CEO Dirk Hoke talks with Aviation Week about COVID impact, Europe’s big defense initiatives and other challenges.

Near-term acquisition programs are hardly altered. Most proposals will go ahead late in the 2020s or in the 2030s.

Boeing declines to confirm reports that it is preparing to end the five-decade long production run of the 747, but Aviation Week understands key

Will the Senate boost a secret missile? House may back third launcher; New trainers for South Korea; and Embraer’s third KC-390.

Boeing defense chief talks about increased introspection, the impact of COVID-19 on the market and plans for the KC-46.

Eager not to see a repeat of the 2014 Gripen referendum, the Swiss government aims to persuade the public of the need for new fighters.

To mitigate disruption, leaders have swiftly embraced new ways of working and deployed digital productivity tools.

Textron plans to lay off nearly 2,000 employees at its TRU Simulation + Training, Textron Aviation and Industrial divisions to cut operating expenses as it restructures in response to challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said in a Securities & Exchange filing June 18.

As the age of hypersonic X-planes passes, the era of Mach 5-plus weapons is set to begin.

Heidi Wood, an aerospace and defense analyst-turned-strategist, will temporarily take over pilot training and simulator provider CAE’s defense and security group after recent hire Todd Probert left for a job in the U.S. national security realm.

The Pentagon is canvassing industry to gauge whether other companies besides F-35 incumbent Lockheed Martin are capable of fulfilling a performance-based logistics (PBL) contract.

Russia buys interim fighter-bombers; GA-ASI to vie for MQ-9 replacement; KC-46 RVS testing coming; COVID-19 contractor relief bill?

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

Czech aerospace firm Aero Vodochody has new owners following its sale by private equity firm Penta Group.

Textron Aviation has received a construction permit for roughly $9.9 million for the rebuilding of its Plant 3 operation in Wichita.

Growing demands from airframe, mission systems drive Joint Program Office to plot a propulsion revamp.

Lurking beneath the surface are enormous supply chain risks that extend well beyond supplier viability and attrition.

The U.S. is girding to ward off China’s influence on western A&D after COVID-19. But unanswered questions make it a long, hard slog.