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For Airbus and Boeing to increase production rates, possibly beyond 100 aircraft per month for each narrowbody program, the industry must scale up automation.

Commercial aftermarket and manufacturing may not be very sexy, but for stock investors, they are sizzling while space and defense suffer.

Germany will begin operating a new military satellite communications (Milsatcom) system next year, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said.

European defense companies established a consortium to develop an exoatmospheric interception capability to deal with medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles.

Widebody sales have been rebounding since the pandemic.

Coriolis Composites is upgrading its machine tools and software to support Airbus and Boeing's eventual next-gen narrowbody production with advanced composites.

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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.

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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.