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Manufacturers are updating designs to save space, allow easier maintenance and increase sustainability.

OEMs are offering more galley retrofit options for self-serve food and beverage stations as some airlines implement these features.

The upgraded GUI features a modernized menu structure and consistent iconography across device interfaces, simplifying cabin controls.

Collins Aerospace is working on future cockpit concepts that may increase the availability and integrity of the information the crew relies on.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The FAA alert follows the NTSB’s probe and criticism of the agency and OEM responses to 737 rudder issues as evidence points to supply chain quality problems.

U.S. investigators spotlight potential dangers of improperly installed 737 rudder parts and urge FAA and Boeing to take action.

New robotic systems are helping OEMs, MROs and suppliers automate a range of maintenance tasks.

Watch as Collins Aerospace's Automated Optical Inspection robot performs a final inspection of an integrated drive generator.

Watch as the Autonomous Mobile Robot transports parts around Collins Aerospace's Singapore facility.

The airline has started retrofits on its Airbus A320neos and will move on to its Boeing widebodies in early 2025.

A new industrial reality has emerged. “It’s no longer about markets; it’s more about production,” says Richard Aboulafia.

Manufacturers are adding new products and capabilities for better integration and cloud access.

The U.S. Air Force has released a “sources-sought” notice for the Next-Generation Ejection Seat, a program currently reserved for the Collins-made ACES 5.

A fault in a circuit board in the pitch trim servo of a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter could be a potential factor in the fatal crash off the coast of Norway in February, investigators say.

Leadership sets the tone, and incoming Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg has results and relations.

Boeing has named Kelly Ortberg to be its new CEO from Aug. 8, taking on the massive challenge of reviving the aerospace giant.

With industry leaders working to certify their aircraft, it was up to alternative propulsion developers to take limelight at the Farnborough Airshow.

Collins Aerospace's Singaporean subsidiary Hamilton Sundstrand Pacific Aerospace is being relocated to a new $250 million site at Seletar Aerospace Park.

Personnel changes were seen at several U.S., Caribbean and Indonesian airlines, a major U.S. supplier, and a pair of European industry service providers.

Airbus Helicopters has selected a hybrid-electric propulsion system to be developed by Pratt & Whitney Canada and Collins Aerospace for its H145-based PioneerLab technology demonstrator.

Heat exchanger for hydrogen engines; conformal LH2 tank; fuel system for LH2; and fuel-cell powertrain tested.

Collins Aerospace has passed the passed the preliminary design review for the EU's Clean Aviation HECATE project.

RTX companies Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney have achieved sustained turbogenerator operation in its STEP-Tech demonstrator, marking a key milestone.

RTX’s strategic push toward more sustainable hybrid-electric aviation is accelerating with key advances in motor, motor-generator and control technologies.