Aerospace Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Feb 16, 2023
An undeniable trend voiced in recent supplier surveys and conferences is that providers favor Airbus over Boeing—and maybe any other OEM.
Feb 14, 2023
Emphasizing resilience, Daher unveils a 2027 strategy to make the most of airframers’ planned production ramp-up.
Feb 14, 2023
Airbus has been selling more A321neos than A320neos since 2019. Now it is also producing more of its largest narrowbody—with significant strategic implications.
Feb 13, 2023
While fuel savings in flight are the preponderant environmental outcome of using composites, changes in manufacturing would be welcome.
Feb 10, 2023
As demand for freighters continues to grow, cargo conversion specialists are offering new options, including for smaller aircraft types.
Jun 02, 2022
The future of aviation manufacturing could be dramatically quieter, cleaner, more efficient and productive, and its Mecca might be located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina.
Jun 01, 2022
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May 13, 2022
Can material and labor supply keep pace with aftermarket demand as flight activity recovers?
May 11, 2022
Being selected for a new-generation flight management system (FMS) on the Airbus A320, A330 and A350 is consolidating Thales’ position in the avionics market versus Collins Aerospace, GE Aviation and Honeywell. 
May 09, 2022
Canadian aerostructures and spacecraft sub-tier provider Magellan Aerospace saw almost 7% greater revenue during the first quarter of 2022 over the year-before period.
Apr 28, 2022
Aircraft Industries, the manufacturer of the Let family of turboprop regional aircraft, is now back in Czech hands after being acquired from its Russian owners. 
Apr 26, 2022
Raytheon Technologies has shaved back its forecasted revenue for 2022, but the Super Tier 1 supplier reiterated the rest of its full-year profit guidance, illustrating how the wider Western aerospace and defense industry continues to encounter headwinds in its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but not enough to derail momentum.
Apr 26, 2022
Airbus has been forced by its workers to walk away from an earlier plan to sell its plant in Varel, Germany, to Mubea, an automotive supplier aiming at expanding into aerospace.