Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act directed the secretary of defense to secure critical minerals from “reliable sources.”
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Now in its fourth year, the European Commission-led EDF aims to support defense research, development and cooperation among member states.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Stephen Perry
Had these transactions happened, the industry today would be almost unrecognizable.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
While preventing individuals from committing fraud is a high bar, the ASCIC is confident that it can help strengthen parts distribution protocols.
Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
Honeywell is buying Italian supplier Civitanavi Systems in a bid to strengthen its foothold in autonomous aerospace operations and expand in Europe.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
Boeing's MQ-28 Ghost Bat final assembly facility will open in 2027 in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Honeywell expects to more than double the fleet of HTF7000 engines over the next decade as it seeks to develop a next-generation successor for the 2030s.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Aviation Week editors break down the seismic leadership changes announced by Boeing and what they mean for the company's future.
Check 6

By Sean Broderick, Steve Trimble
Leadership changes at Boeing have Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal out effective immediately, while both CEO Dave Calhoun and chair Larry Kellner revealed their departure dates.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The agency’s disruptive approach to space acquisition has produced many contracts in a tight timeline, though its biggest tests are yet to come.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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

By Michael Bruno
Astra Space and Terran Orbital are the latest public space startups to bow out.
Commercial Space

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 Guy Norris
Tier 1 aerostructures supplier GKN Aerospace is expanding production of key Leap 1 components.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Rising demand for weapons stocks is driving a review of European missile manufacturing.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Fuel systems for hydrogen; 3D printing on the Moon; LH2 tank breakthrough; the cost of avoiding contrails; and Velis Electro approved for training.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Joby is a vertically integrated OEM developing most of its own components and systems in-house, while Archer is relying on Tier One legacy aerospace suppliers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Matteo Peraldo
A leaner supply chain could emerge where even the smaller suppliers will operate in the billion-dollar range.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

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

By Brian Everstine
With major F-15 retirements and a reduction in F-15EX buys, the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of Eagles faces a rocky future.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Startup provides ultrafast, accurate engineering analysis as a cloud-based software service.
Emerging Technologies

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick, Ben Goldstein, Sergio Cecutta
Having seized the pole position in electric vehicles, Chinese industry is racing ahead in advanced air mobility.
Check 6

By Sean Broderick
The FAA launched its audit in the wake of the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines 737-9 incident in which a door plug blew off the aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
For decades, aircraft manufacturers have preferred derivatives over all-new aircraft. That approach appears to be ending.
Aircraft & Propulsion