We will be performing site maintenance behind the scenes on Sunday, December 14th starting at 5:00am EST and anticipate this update will take approximately 6 hours. You may experience intermittent issues during this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. 

Boeing

By Brian Everstine
The program is progressing to address issues that have slowed the T-7A trainer's development.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Michael Bruno
Spirit appears to have finally obtained a goal it once thought would be its financial salvation during the worst days of the combined pandemic/737 MAX crises.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
AerCap is not interested in a new design from Airbus or Boeing, and CEO Aengus Kelly is confident his company is far from alone.
Air Transport

Aviation Week Network Staff
Readers write about the Boeing F-47, U.S. Navy jet trainers, and traveling to the Moon versus Mars. Plus: Behind the Scenes at the Wings Club.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau
As both Airbus and Boeing push to deliver more aircraft to eager customers, they are tackling different sets of issues.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick
Ryanair, Boeing’s largest customer in Europe, warns that tariff costs may cause it to look beyond its orderbook with the U.S. aircraft manufacturer.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Thin wing technology remains the key focus for the future single-aisle as Boeing hits reset on the high-wing truss-braced wing demonstrator.
Emerging Technologies

By Michael Bruno, Jens Flottau
Tariffs introduced by the U.S. government are proving to be a big financial burden and a logistical nightmare for aerospace.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace intends to expand global operations and ramp up production across its defense and aerostructures businesses.
Supply Chain

By Guy Norris, Sean Broderick
Boeing’s effort to earn regulatory approval of the 777-9 continues to check off key certification requirements, with crosswind testing a recent notable step.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Aurora Flight Sciences has completed low-speed wind tunnel tests of the blended wing body X-plane that the Boeing company is developing for a DARPA program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Boeing’s move to realign the X-66 is perhaps better for both the company’s road to industrial recovery and aviation’s longer-term sustainability goals.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sash Tusa
Disjointed U.S. tariff policy has led to cascading confusion within the aerospace industry.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
The FAA will mandate repetitive inspections designed to prevent a failure scenario that forced a Delta Boeing 717 to land without its nose gear in June 2023.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Top manufacturers continue to express cautious optimism that the loss of SPS Technologies will not lead to major new-production flow disruptions.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By William Garvey
“If that’s a business jet, it needs winglets,” blended winglet chief Joe Clark said about the nascent Boeing Business Jet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Boeing is pausing development of the X-66 transonic truss-braced wing aircraft with NASA and reallocating resources to get the 737-7, 737-10 and 777X certified.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Air Force notice raises the possibility of the service fielding a separate aircraft to serve the E-7A role.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Boeing has met two milestones under a new agreement with the U.S. Air Force aimed at accelerating the fielding of the T-7A Red Hawk trainer that has been delayed.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Michael Bruno
Boeing managers believe they can limit sudden cost increases from Trump administration tariffs and trade wars to below $500 million this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
An indefinite pause in deliveries to Chinese customers will not derail Boeing’s planned production rate ramp-ups.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Boeing’s beleaguered Defense and Space business made progress on several fronts in the first quarter as part of a broader turnaround plan.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin will not protest Boeing’s victory in the competition to build the U.S. Air Force’s next fighter.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Daniel Williams
China's decision to halt Boeing deliveries is the latest hiccup in a relationship that hit the buffers in 2019.
AWIN Knowledge Center