Aerospace Manufacturing & Supply Chain

May 23, 2023
Accidents are becoming more survivable, meaning regulators are doing their jobs, but finding additional improvements has become more challenging.
May 23, 2023
The company has a $2.5 billion backlog but also fast-shrinking cash reserves.
May 22, 2023
With an eye on China, Tokyo ramps up ambitions for selling military equipment abroad.
May 17, 2023
A defense industry-sponsored report reveals that U.S. manufacturers cannot meet planned production and cost targets for a new class of hypersonic weapons.
May 17, 2023
A new cooling strategy for the high-pressure turbine is at the heart of the plan to boost Trent 1000 and 7000 durability.
Nov 25, 2022
Boeing’s “systemic capture and hiring” of engineers now threatens the viability of parts of Brazil’s defense industrial base, says the Association of Aerospace Industries of Brazil (AIAB).
Nov 22, 2022
GKN Aerospace plans to relocate its North American additive manufacturing center of excellence to a larger, 100,000 ft.² facility in Fort Worth, Texas.
Nov 22, 2022
As Airbus suppliers in France strive to keep pace with the A320 ramp-up they’ve committed to and prepare for further production rate increases, hiring tops their list of concerns.
Nov 18, 2022
Neither the government nor OEMs are appreciating the scope of the pressure facing the aerospace and defense supply chain, says the president and CEO of Elbit Systems of America.
Nov 18, 2022
San Jose, California-based startup Archer Aviation has unveiled a mockup of its Midnight production vehicle; a piloted, four-passenger air taxi that…
Nov 15, 2022
Archer's new facility will be capable of producing up to 650 of its four-passenger Midnight aircraft per year.
Nov 11, 2022
2Excel had 18 aircraft based at Doncaster but has been forced to move its fleet to Teesside and Humberside airports, after Doncaster Airport’s owners Peel Group announced it would close the airport in September.
Nov 08, 2022
This is the first FAA TSO-certified avionics component to be developed and manufactured by a company in China.