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

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Aerostructures suppliers’ difficulties supporting a production ramp-up show that airframers must reconsider their relationship, consultancy AlixPartners says.

As industry struggles to chip away at backlogs and speed up weaponry production, aerospace and defense manufacturers are embracing automation like never before.

Commercial aviation faces an innovation gulf. Its customers do not seem to care.

Airbus ratcheted up its commercial aircraft output once again in June, delivering 89 airliners in the month—its highest monthly total of the year so far.

Airbus forecasts urbanization and middle-class growth will drive airliner demand through 2045, with 42,060 new aircraft needed globally.

Airbus and MTU Aero Engines plan to formalize their efforts to work together on hydrogen fuel cells by establishing a joint venture set to be in place in 2027.

Quantum Systems Valuation Doubled In Airbus-Backed Funding Round

When the next-gen narrowbody programs launch is largely out of the hands of Airbus and Boeing.

Airbus is promoting the idea of minimum investment and minimum change if it launches a larger A220, but the timing remains unclear.

The July 2026 Program Profile features the Airbus ACJ TwoTwenty.

Airbus has secured a €1 billion loan from the European Investment Bank, the first part of a €3.4 billion package to support aerospace research and development.

Airbus has wound up its Acubed innovation unit in the U.S., established in 2015 to connect the European aerospace giant with the fast-moving, disruptive thinking of Silicon Valley.

Royal Jordanian Airlines is advancing its ambitious growth strategy, aiming to achieve a competitive fleet size and expand its cargo operations with A330Fs.

Editors discuss what Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg and Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said in exclusive interviews that feature in the next issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine.

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury says the airframer will launch its A320 successor in 2030 as planned, welcoming news that Boeing’s competing program may be delayed.

DCAF expands Dubai-based charter fleet with ACJ318 Elite+ as Middle East bizav demand grows 7.7%.

Airbus and Safran acquire Tikehau’s stake in metal supplier Aubert & Duval to secure critical aerospace materials supply.

Boeing's CEO believes airlines are more interested in getting current products on time and at quality rather than a next-generation aircraft quickly, but his counterpart at Airbus has a different view.

Airbus Defense and Space is ramping up production rates of its C295 twin-turboprop airlifter to meet demand from domestic and international customers.

Airbus appears to be leaning toward a simple stretch of the A220, as it weighs its options for a larger version of the aircraft.

Airbus highlights Africa’s unserved air routes, urging airlines to expand connectivity with long-term fleet planning and aircraft like the A321XLR.

Near-VTOL maritime stroke UAS; fully superconducting electric motor for aircraft; lithium-air battery advances.

Strathclyde demonstrates a 100-kW superconducting motor and works with Airbus to develop a megawatt-level prototype for future aircraft propulsion.