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The future of the aerospace industry and its supply chain coming into 2020 was bright, but no one could have predicted how much would change in just a few short months. Virtually every major industry experienced significant challenges in the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, but few were quite as widespread or highly publicized as…
Most aviation-related manufacturers run at tight margins even in the best of times, so the shock of the COVID-19-related shutdown of many supply lines has been difficult to overcome, to say the least. It is worth noting that the current crisis also comes at a time when aviation manufacturing is already struggling. Parts suppliers, component…
Aviation historians, at least ones of the couch-sitting variety, typically do not have a fondness for hydrogen for one reason and one reason only: The Hindenburg. Due to the scarcity of helium in the United States at the time and its banning as an export under the Helium Control Act of 1927, the Germans were…
At some point in your life, you’ve likely been faced with a hypothetical scenario involving money that must be spent. “If you had $100,000,” for example, “and you had to spend it on a new vehicle, what car would you buy?” Considering this scenario as a “problem” would likely make most snicker; there are far…
As the new year approached, one of the last stories of 2018 reported that the Pentagon awarded Boeing a $400 million contract to cover engineering services for their B-1 and B-52 bombers. This is but another feather in the cap for what amounted to a landmark year for Boeing, who won more than 20 contracts…
While initial thoughts of the aerospace industry typically conjure images of fighter jets, commercial aircraft, and possibly aftermarket parts among those who are familiar with this world, we often forget to include the rapidly growing training and simulation market. Boeing, for example, has historically been a leader in this field, but their recent announcement of…