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2 months ago | 
aviationweek.com | Richard Aboulafia
The U.S. Air Force contract award to Boeing for the F-47 fighter component of the Next-Generation Air Dominance system, coupled with an imminent Navy F/A-XX contract for a similarly advanced carrier jet, marks a likely sea change in Washington’s combat aircraft plans. The new plans and aircraft...
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
aviationweek.com | Richard Aboulafia
After a five-year hiatus, China’s jetliner market is surging again. Yet politics and industry dynamics complicate this resurgence and raise big questions about the coming years. China’s demand for large commercial jets increased dramatically in the last decade, both in absolute numbers and as a...
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
aviationweek.com | Richard Aboulafia
Aircraft manufacturing is one of the world’s most capital-intensive industries —new products cost tens of billions of dollars to develop. So it is not a surprise that manufacturers view sovereign wealth funds as potential kingmakers. Late last year, Embraer signed a cooperative agreement with SAMI...
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
aviationweek.com | Joe Anselmo |Michael Bruno |Daniel Williams |Richard Aboulafia
From delivery rates to junk ratings, book-to-bill ratios to engine spares, listen in to hear about the wide-ranging implications of Boeing’s machinists going on strike. Don't miss a single episode of the award-winning Check 6. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. Discover all of our podcasts on our Apple Podcasts channel or at aviationweek.com/podcasts.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
aviationweek.com | Molly McMillin |Richard Aboulafia |Kevin Michaels
Richard Aboulafia and Kevin Michaels, managing directors of AeroDynamic Advisory, discuss the business aviation industry and the surprises they discovered and lessons the industry can learn as they research their book, "Time Machines: A Modern History of Business Aviation," to be published in late 2025. Why are there only a small number of brands and not duopolies? What role did two single customers have on the industry? What can today’s manufacturers learn from the past?
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
aviationweek.com | Richard Aboulafia
Defense sovereignty is all the rage. More countries than ever want their own industry for reasons of national security or economic development. Russia’s Ukraine war, China’s saber-rattling and serious delays in weapons production are also driving this trend. In theory, this could be bad for legacy...
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
aviationweek.com | Richard Aboulafia
Defense sovereignty is all the rage. More countries than ever want their own industry for reasons of national security or economic development. Russia’s Ukraine war, China’s saber-rattling and serious delays in weapons production are also driving this trend. In theory, this could be bad for legacy...
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
aviationweek.com | Joe Anselmo |Michael Bruno |Richard Aboulafia |Ron Epstein
Industry analysts Ron Epstein and Richard Aboulafia join Aviation Week editors to discuss the momentous challenges facing Boeing’s next leader—and who that leader might be. Don't miss a single episode of the award-winning Check 6. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. Discover all of our podcasts on our Apple Podcasts channel or at aviationweek.com/podcasts.
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Mar 30, 2024 | 
morningstar.com | Richard Aboulafia
By Richard Aboulafia These 7 steps can give Boeing a path to recovery By several accounts, this long-overdue reckoning resulted from a revolt by the company's airline customers. This was Boeing's best week in many years. A dysfunctional management team was ousted. President and CEO David Calhoun will step down at the end of the year. Board chairman Larry Kellner announced that he would not stand for reelection. Stan Deal, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, left the company immediately.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
morningstar.com | Richard Aboulafia
By Richard Aboulafia These 7 steps can give Boeing a path to recovery By several accounts, this long-overdue reckoning resulted from a revolt by the company's airline customers. This was Boeing's best week in many years. A dysfunctional management team was ousted. President and CEO David Calhoun will step down at the end of the year. Board chairman Larry Kellner announced that he would not stand for reelection. Stan Deal, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, left the company immediately.
