Airbus delivered an A350XWB program update yesterday in Toulouse. Clearly the company is feeling ever more confident in the program. Airbus provided interesting data on the backlogs through October 8th. Notice how the market has swung from the current generation…
This is the view of Professor Dr. Tobias Kretschmer, who heads the Institute for Strategy, Technology and Organization at Munich School of Management, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Professor Kretschmer teaches a course on Competitive Strategy at Coursera, which we recommend you consider…
Today we spoke with Scott Fancher, vice president and general manager of Airplane Development at Boeing Commercial Airplanes. He leads the design, development, test and certification of the next generation of airplane models, including the 737 MAX, 767 Tanker, 777X,…
Boeing appears to have come around to the thinking that the 747 program has seen its best days in sales with its announcement of a cut in the production rate. While the industry has a relentless urge to seek better…
One of the aerospace industry’s famous names includes McDonnell Douglas. You can read up on the firm’s history here. What we want to do is take a look at what is still flying that traces its heritage to this company.…
Have you ever wondered how composite materials, which unlike metal, don’t conduct electricity, can withstand lightning strikes? The answer is that they use a tailored solution of expanded metal, a very thin sheet of lightweight perforated metal that is embedded…