Aerospace Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Aug 09, 2024
Questioning of aviation’s net-zero-emissions 2050 target comes as key technologies move toward ground and flight testing.
Aug 09, 2024
The NTSB probe of the Alaska Airlines 737-9 blowout suggests safety systems work, but not effectively enough to address problems promptly or assuage workers.
Aug 09, 2024
Ortberg faces the challenge of fixing not one company but effectively two: Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Defense, Space and Security.
Aug 09, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aug 08, 2024
New requirements to validate human factors assumptions and the need to comply with a 2013 rule have pushed Boeing down an unfamiliar path to 777X type inspection authorization.
Aug 08, 2024
Triumph says it is contending with issues across commercial and defense programs as it grapples with supply chain challenges that are denting its cash position.
Aug 01, 2024
MD Helicopters (MDH) has made new appointments at the top of its management chain following the promotion of Ryan Weeks to president.
Jul 31, 2024
Boeing CFO Brian West indicated that the troubled airframer and large defense prime will see another year full of red ink when 2024 results are reported.
Jul 31, 2024
Boeing has named Kelly Ortberg to be its new CEO from Aug. 8, taking on the massive challenge of reviving the aerospace giant.
Jul 31, 2024
Safran’s activities in aircraft interiors have reached their operating breakeven point after a long period of poor financial performance.
Jul 31, 2024
Leonardo is cutting work at its site making 787 fuselages for Boeing to a single shift as a short-term measure to address the slow pace of aircraft deliveries.
Jul 31, 2024
Safran CEO Olivier Andries has blamed delays in CFM Leap 1A engine deliveries to Airbus on a drop in output at a high-pressure turbine (HPT) blade supplier.
Jul 31, 2024
Airbus says it is working through supply-chain issues with top-tier partners Honeywell, Safran and Spirit AeroSystems.