Spirit Aerosystems

By Tony Osborne
A new Royal Air Force strategy lays out plans for the introduction of larger systems after having developed small, swarming platforms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno, Steve Trimble, Irene Klotz, Guy Norris
Boeing’s new leadership in Commercial Airplanes and at the top are likely just the beginning of major changes at the manufacturing giant.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno
A revamped master supplier schedule is one sign the company may be serious about addressing years of problematic quality.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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

By Michael Bruno
CFO Brian West told a Bank of America investor conference that Boeing would buy back Spirit using cash and debt; Boeing ended 2023 with almost $16 billion.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
The company is working on changing long-established priorities that valued speed over quality.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
Spirit AeroSystems will build and test a large, experimental wing to support high-speed aircraft applications under a new DARPA program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
General Electric is dead—long live GE Aerospace. Behold the newest pure-play aerospace and defense giant.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Jens Flottau, Steve Trimble
Talks to acquire troubled aerostructures supplier Spirit Aerosystems hold big implications for Boeing—and Airbus. Our editors break it down.
Check 6

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

By Michael Bruno, Sean Broderick, Steve Trimble
Can a second marriage born of a shotgun wedding be successful? Boeing and Spirit talk merger.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Engineered parts provider Barnes Group has settled with an activist hedge fund and will change its board of directors.
Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
The absence of documentation on a process critical to an in-service occurrence points to broad gaps in Boeing's quality oversight process.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Michael Bruno
Production of new MAXs was believed by Jefferies analysts to have fallen to mid-20s for January and below 20 in February.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The agency reviewed processes within Boeing and major supplier Spirit AeroSystems.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
A Boeing acquisition of all or part of Spirit AeroSystems could be, if consummated, a surprise coup for the former’s defense business.
Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Financial analysts and industry observers respond to the news that Spirit AeroSystems is mulling some kind of sale, including to Boeing and Airbus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
In what is becoming a year of going back to basics, aerospace manufacturing workers have the microphone.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

New MRO facilities and joint ventures are highlights of Contracts and News Briefs this month.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Two of Germany’s large aerospace suppliers seek better access to the U.S. market and Boeing, with very different approaches.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno
New, more hands-on production surveillance is likely to emerge from Boeing’s supply chain and quality missteps.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Investigators are still working to piece together what happened to the Boeing 737-9 in the weeks leading up to its delivery to Alaska.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
Investigators determined the door plug was not opened between the airplane’s Oct. 31, 2023, delivery to Alaska Airlines and the accident flight.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
“The accident on Jan. 5 demanded a different focus by our team,” CEO Pat Shanahan said, referring to Alaska Airlines Flight 1282.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
A new issue on some Boeing 737 fuselages will slow production and require re-work on about 50 airplanes, Boeing said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation