Digital transformation critical to Boeing

Subscription Required Introduction  March 11, 2019, © Leeham News: Digital transformation is critical to Boeing’s evolving business model. But suppliers are in no rush to hand over their data to Boeing. For more than a year, the airplane… Read More

Pontifications: Delays, design creep, cost overruns–nope, it’s not an airplane program

March 11, 2019, © Leeham News: It’s late. There have been creeping delays. There’s been design creep. There were unknown unknowns. It’s way over budget. No, it’s not a new airplane program, though the parallels are quite apparent…. Read More

Collins contract vote keeps 737 landing gear on track

By Bryan Corliss March 11, 2019 (c) Leeham News: Workers at the Collins Aerospace landing gear plant in Everett, WA, have approved their first union contract with the company. Both sides can come away feeling OK with how… Read More

Boeing postpones public events for 777X roll-out

March 10, 2018, (c) Leeham News: Boeing today postponed the public ceremonies planned for Wednesday for the roll-out of the 777X, following the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737-8. No date has been rescheduled.

Use caution about Ethiopian 737-8 crash/Update: China, airline ground Max

UPDATE, 4:30pm PDT: China and Grand Cayman Airlines have ground the 737 MAX. Developing. UPDATE, 6:45pm PDT: China CAAC to review grounding order on their Monday, March 11, for further action.   March 10, 2019 (c) Leeham News: The… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Yaw stability, Part 3.

March 08, 2019, ©. Leeham News: Yaw stability, which we discussed last week, has in itself no tricky dynamic problems. It’s a matter of making the vertical stabilizer large enough to have enough weathercock moment on the aircraft…. Read More

Boeing’s 777X analyzed, Part 4

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction March 07, 2019, © Leeham News: In our analysis series about the Boeing 777X, it’s time to look at the performance of the 777-9 and 777-8 and compared them to their main… Read More

Boeing strikes new pay deal with Machinists

By Bryan Corliss March 4, 2019, © Leeham News: Boeing and the Machinists Union have come to terms on a deal that will raise wages for the company’s hourly work force and help the company compete for workers… Read More

Rolls cites timing, analysts cite poor financial condition for NMA withdrawal

Subscription Required Introduction March 4, 2019, © Leeham News: Rolls-Royce last week announced it had withdrawn from competition for the Boeing NMA engine provider, citing a mismatch in timing between its Ultra Fan being ready and Boeing’s desired… Read More

Pontifications: Doubts continue over Boeing NMA launch

March 4, 2019, © Leeham News: Another week, another NMA story. For an airplane that doesn’t exist, the prospective Boeing NMA continues to dominate much of the aerospace news. Last week’s announcement by Rolls-Royce that it withdrew—in December,… Read More