Safran

By Richard Aboulafia
Will engine-makers be enticed to try to meet requirements for the two new notional civil and military aircraft that need an engine that does not yet exist?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
After a challenging start, France, Germany and Spain’s Future Combat Air System is progressing toward demonstrator flights.
GASCC & RIAT

By Guy Norris
A surprising groundswell of single-aisle airliner propulsion systems are under development.
Farnborough Airshow

By Thierry Dubois
Safran has made an investment in Estuaire, a Paris-based start-up company offering software tools to measure aviation's climate impact.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
To produce three or four commercial aircraft per day, Airbus receives 2.2 million parts.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Paris drone pact is the first step in structuring the highly fragmented French UAS industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The advancement is relevant to both light aviation and the commercial air transport industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
The private-equity owners of Belcan, an engineering services provider to several marquee aerospace and defense companies, have sold the company to Cognizant.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
The moves by the airframer and the engine manufacturer illustrate their all-out effort to make their supply chain more resilient and reliable.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By James Pozzi
New facility close to Brussels Airport will initially focus on quick-turn services for Leap 1A and 1B engines.
MRO

By Thierry Dubois
Rome has given the greenlight to Safran's takeover of Microtecnica from RTX after concerns over the supply of components to defense programs were addressed.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Swaati Ketkar
Large aircraft orders in India will provide significant opportunity to build up engine MRO capabilities in the country.
MRO

By Keith Mwanalushi
Industry in the region is changing business and risk management practices to ensure compliance with the European Union’s 13 sanctions packages on Russia.
Services & Support

By Ben Goldstein
The initial aircraft is planned to launch into a company testing program around the end of this year using only the thermal engine.
EBACE

By Thierry Dubois
The Tikehau Aero Partenaires 2 fund is aimed at supporting small- and medium-size companies in the aerospace sector.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Despite a comfortable backlog, the country’s industry continues to grapple with financial woes and recovering know-how.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
Issues with 787 seats are part of the reason Boeing will produce fewer 787s than expected over the new few months.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Thierry Dubois
In 2024, CFM's original plan was a 20%-25% growth of Leap production, but that uptick has been revised downward, to 10%-15%—mostly affecting Leap 1B production.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus’ Rapid And Cost-Effective Rotorcraft (RACER) compound helicopter has made its first flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Buoyed by double-digit first-quarter revenues and a busy commercial and defense orderbook, GE Aerospace reported an operating profit of $1.5 billion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
After a successful 2023 in recruitment, the aerospace sector in France is planning to add 25,000-30,000 employees in 2024.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Safran Aircraft Engine Services Morocco is adding more space, capacity and workforce to meet growing CFM56 MRO demand.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Wisk plans to fly the first prototype of its sixth-generation electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft this year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Hapster, a company created by four Safran employees in September 2023, is pitching a digital tool to cut a production worker’s training time four-fold.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The company is studying hybrid-electric helicopters, continuing its electric certification drive and pushing Dash 7 conversion for NASA’s flight demonstrator.
Emerging Technologies