Airbus

Airbus plans to flight test an experimental high-aspect-ratio wing extension on an A321neo by 2029 as part of its Wing of Tomorrow research program.

Airbus and Air Canada are partnering on a new C$13.7 million ($9.8 million) investment platform to support the Canadian sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) ramp up.

Airbus and Boeing have big enough backlogs. What they need is better execution, from the final assembly lines back through their supplier networks.

Lessor SMBC Aviation Capital has reinforced its confidence in the long-term single-aisle market by placing a firm order for 100 Airbus A320neo-family aircraft.

SMBC Aviation Capital is extending its Airbus orderbook into the 2030s with a commitment for 100 A320neo family aircraft.

Airbus and Boeing’s commercial narrowbody deliveries reached 124 units in June—one above May’s total, and the pair’s highest monthly figure in the year to date.

Around this time two years ago, demand was high and uncertainty rife. Heading into Farnborough 2026, some things remain very much the same.

Chinese carriers have again turned to Airbus for fleet expansion, with the Air China and Hainan Airlines airline groups announcing orders for a combined 95 narrowbody and widebody aircraft.

The gross commercial order total for Airbus and Boeing in June was approximately half that of the previous month.

Airbus’ February 2025 announcement to delay plans to field a hydrogen-powered airliner sent shockwaves throughout its supply base.

Voyager Technologies, a contender for a NASA-backed, privately owned space station in low Earth orbit, is adding Penn State University to its associated space research institute.

The French Defense Procurement Agency has begun weapons firing trials with the Airbus H160m Guépard helicopter that it is buying for the country’s air force, army and navy.

Airbus has completed the first flight of a Tranche 4 Eurofighter.

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.