When can Airbus and Boeing come close to matching or even exceeding their combined output during the second half of the decade prior to the pandemic in 2020?
The FAA’s 2027 budget request of $22.35 billion is a slight reduction from the current year’s enacted total of $22.57 billion, documents from the agency show.
By Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau, Richard Aboulafia
Editors are joined by guest columnist Richard Aboulafia to discuss the progress of airliner production by Airbus in Alabama and Boeing in South Carolina.
Korean Air’s board approved the carrier’s plan to order more than 100 Boeing aircraft, in addition to a separate proposal to acquire another 21 spare engines.
Positive aircraft certification updates are partially offset by a new 737 production quality issue and the grim financial reality of Spirit AeroSystems.
The two remaining 737 MAX variants are on track to receive FAA approval by year-end following final flight testing and final design validations, Boeing's CFO says.
E-commerce demand is here to stay in the long term, but Trump’s tariffs led to trade lane changes and disruptions in the Middle East have caused reroutings.
Boeing handed over 51 total aircraft in February, but that number will surely fall following the revelation of a 737 MAX wiring issue that will need correcting.
The stop-fold tiltrotor uncrewed aircraft under development by Bell for a DARPA project to fly a high-speed VTOL demonstrator has been designated the X-76.
Leaders of seven top defense firms in a meeting with President Donald Trump appeared to reaffirm agreements to increase production of in-demand munitions.
Airbus, Boeing, Leonardo, and Sikorsky have prequalified to participate in the next steps of a NATO initiative to develop a battlefield and naval rotorcraft.
