It is 2 a.m., do you know where your digital twin is? Once buzzwords, the aerospace and defense industrial base is embracing the digital thread in manufacturing at an increasing pace. Managers see a future where digital twin approaches go from just product design to the whole supply system. Coupled with other technological leaps, such as working from anywhere on any device, digitization promises many benefits but also challenges. Costs, cyber risks and human capital challenges loom. Aviation Week talks with Accenture advisors on the outlook.

While “digitalization” might mean different things to different people, we can all agree that digitalization is the process of taking paper-based information and processes and converting them into computer-based processes. It’s that simple – but you gain a competitive advantage through automating and transforming your business in the process.

Airbus Helicopters has already had to adapt to challenging market conditions, and now it’s gearing up for a digital transformation.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, MTU’s Chief Program Officer Michael Schreyögg and Senior Vice President MRO Programs Martin Friis-Petersen met online to discuss the state of the aviation industry. Read more >

Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun spoke with Aviation Week editors about the direction he's steering the company. Watch video clips with his views on a dozen hot topics his company and the industry are tackling.

CMC Electronics’ PU-3000 avionics computer is the world’s first multicore avionics computer certified to the highest Design Assurance Level. It can host multiple avionics applications reducing equipment count and integration costs and be used as a common computing platform able to host a variety of functions into a single unit.

A Boeing statement released late on June 17 add critical details to the initial reports based on the Congressional testimony a day earlier by Gen. Charles Brown, U.S. Air Force chief of staff, and a follow-up statement by the Air Force press desk.

The FAA, with lessons from Boeing 737 MAX, is confident it can handle certification of more advanced vehicles, such as eVTOLs.

OEMs are trying to raise expectations around the future of airliner manufacturing, but the supplier base remains grounded in reality.

Lockheed Martin’s goal to reduce the F-35A’s cost per flight hour to $25,000 by 2025 is not fully within the company’s control.

Certification by 2024, 1,000 aircraft a year by 2026, $1/seat-mile costs among Vertical’s lofty goals.

A new kind of permanent shock could hit the jetliner industry if the U.S. and China do not come to a rapprochement.

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