aerospace supply chain

Working Without a Net: Emerging Market Compliance

January 8, 2016

Brian Littlefield, Marketing Director, Aerospace Segment, UPS

Surging growth in emerging markets and constantly changing international trade regulations are testing the ability of aviation and defense companies to manage compliance on a global scale.

ULA: Launching a World-Class Supply Chain

September 1, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

United Launch Alliance LLC is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and The Boeing Co. Brad Houser, senior manager of supply chain operations, explains the company's mission, and how it crafts a supply chain that's geared toward absolute reliability in support of rocket launch services for government and the private sector.

3D Printing to Produce Part for Spaceplane's Engine

July 21, 2015

3DPrint

Most people associate commercialized space travel with SpaceX, but Elon Musk's headline grabbing company is far from the only game in town, nor are they the first.

Airline to Pilot Use of Biofuels to Fly Passenger Aircraft

July 2, 2015

New York Times

Sometime this summer, a United Airlines flight will take off from Los Angeles International Airport bound for San Francisco using fuel generated from farm waste and oils derived from animal fats.

Could 3D Printing Be the Future of Airplane Parts?

May 12, 2015

USA Today

Will the wonders of 3D printing ever cease? With each passing day, something revolutionary seems to come off the machine's printing bed, be it a life-size Ultron helmet (OK, maybe that's not revolutionary), a prosthetic shell for a tortoise or a Shelby Cobra sports car. This time, it's more than 1,000 airplane parts for the Airbus A350 XWB jet.

Boeing Continues to Push for Supply Chain Savings

April 8, 2014

Aviation Week

Boeing suppliers are developing "a sense of acceptance" that the manufacturer's push for a 15 percent reduction in supply chain costs won't ease up even as the economy improves, an informal survey of several major suppliers by Canaccord Genuity finds. Whether the push will succeed remains to be seen.

The Tale of the Supplier (Boeing) Who Sold the Shipper (the Pentagon) Old Parts But Charged for New Ones

October 16, 2013

Los Angeles Times

Four times in the last five years, the Pentagon's inspector general has found that Boeing Co. collected excessive or unjustified payments on U.S. defense contracts. In the latest of four audits since 2008, the watchdog office said the Chicago company charged the Army for new helicopter parts while installing used ones.