Aerospace Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Oct 21, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Oct 21, 2022
The A300 was an important catalyst for Airbus to become established in the commercial aviation market and build the portfolio of aircraft it offers today.
Oct 20, 2022
Digging out the details of the Airbus A300 in-service fleet 50 years after its first flight is complicated.
Oct 20, 2022
The San Diego company’s next uncrewed aircraft system could be powered by a radical new engine design of its own making.
Oct 19, 2022
The first Airbus program was on the verge of collapse several times, but then it became the catalyst Airbus needed to thrive.
Sep 14, 2021
Vertex Aerospace, a legacy L3 Technologies unit providing logistics, MRO and supply chain management, has bought up a number of business lines from Raytheon Technologies as it moves into the latter stages of post-merger divestitures.
Sep 13, 2021
UK advanced air mobility startup Vertical Aerospace is gearing up to begin assembly of its VA-X4 engineering prototype to fly in 2022.
Sep 09, 2021
For years, Wichita State University’s research and development arm, the National Institute for Aviation Research, has tried to recruit a large maintenance, repair and overhaul facility to Wichita.
Sep 03, 2021
Spirit AeroSystems began accumulating Boeing 737 MAX fuselages at its Wichita site after the FAA grounded the aircraft in 2019.
Sep 01, 2021
Former GE Aviation chief David Joyce is joining Boeing’s board of directors, while Navy Adm. (ret.) Ed Giambastiani Jr. will leave at the end of the year, the company announced Aug. 31.
Aug 31, 2021
Robert Mehrabian will resume his role as Teledyne's chairman, president and chief executive officer after current officeholder Al Pichelli retires on Oct. 15.
Aug 30, 2021
Rolls-Royce says the gearbox assembly in development for the heart of the company’s new high bypass demonstrator engine has set a record-breaking level of power transmission during preinstallation checkout tests.
Aug 30, 2021
Composites can enable the use of more and lighter blades to enhance aircraft performance.