Aerospace Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Jul 08, 2022
X-59 Quesst Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator is in the final stages of assembly at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works.
Jul 08, 2022
The aircraft manufacturers are short hundreds of engines as suppliers can’t keep pace with demand to build and maintain airplanes. Listen in as we break down th
Jul 07, 2022
Daher, the French-based maker of TBM turboprops and the Kodiak 100 utility aircraft, closed July 1 on Triumph Group’s 400,000-ft.² metallic and composite aerostructures facility in Stuart, Florida, a move that expands its U.S. industrial presence. 
Jul 07, 2022
Aviation Week editors talk with Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury about all things commercial and defense, but his focus is on sustainability.
Jul 06, 2022
Aviation Week editors identify some of the key issues and megatrends and their likely outcomes.
Apr 20, 2020
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and Subaru have suspended production of 787 components in response to Boeing’s earlier decisions, now partly reversed, to stop work on the program amid the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S.
Apr 16, 2020
Boeing plans to resume production of its widebody commercial aircraft in the Puget Sound area factories starting as early as April 20 following…
Apr 15, 2020
Howmet Aerospace has eight mostly smaller manufacturing plants that are closed because of the coronavirus, the company’s chief executive said late April 14, and more were shuttered in March when the Pittsburgh-based supplier was still part of Arconic.
Apr 15, 2020
Spirit AeroSystems—the primary supplier to Boeing including for much of the 737 MAX and which does substantial defense industry work—warned Wall Street on April 14 it will record a roughly $160 million loss for the recently ended first quarter of 2020, as well as a pretax loss of around $102 million.
Apr 08, 2020
Where can companies get emergency cash? What are eligibility requirements? What about the regulations? Here's our list of links to the best information our editors have found.
Apr 06, 2020
Boeing will suspend its 787 production and some related work at its North Charleston, South Carolina facility on April 8 “until further notice,”…
Apr 06, 2020
Boeing’s suspension of aircraft production at its major Puget Sound and Moses Lake, Washington, campuses has been extended “until further notice,” the OEM said April 5.
Apr 03, 2020
Boeing will suspend production at its Philadelphia facilities for two weeks as Pennsylvania battles against the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.