Your aerospace or defense business is about to enter a whole new world: the metaverse. A mix of the physical and digital realms, the metaverse is an unmapped—but not unknown—territory that looms beyond Industry 4.0. OEMs and Tier 1s already are entering the domain with cloud computing, virtual reality and quantum computing. Where they go, so go suppliers. Join us as Aviation Week talks with Accenture aerospace and defense leaders about how, and specifically when, the A&D sector will migrate and what it means for completing the mission, serving customers and making money.

Like with safety in a previous generation, commercial aviation is going through another existential moment. This time it is about environmental concerns, with sustainability the overarching goal. What lies ahead are opportunities to pick low-hanging fruit but also the need to make controversial culture changes. How does commercial aviation get here?

Aviation Week talks with Accenture aerospace leaders who unveil a new industrywide gameplan.

Join PwC’s Gregg Pilotte, Mike Stetz, and Jessica Benson on The Outlook. They discuss how A&D companies are modernizing their rate development and forward pricing processes, with a focus on automation and integration with broader planning and forecasting solutions.

In addition to the weapons that NATO is planning to send to Ukraine, in a dramatic role reversal, Russia is appealing to China for help in replenishing its weapons stocks.

Aviation Week editors Jen DiMascio, Steve Trimble and Tony Osborne discuss the flow of materiel on both sides of the wrenching conflict after weeks of fighting.

Bank of America’s Ron Epstein joins our experts to assess the industry’s reliance on Russian metals and whether lessors could lose hundreds of aircraft.

A discussion about the opening days of Russia’s war on its neighbor Ukraine and how that renewed Europe’s focus on defending the continent.

After jumping through numerous hoops, Aviation Week editors made it to the 2022 edition of the Singapore Airshow. Listen in as they give their takes on the event and discuss the key themes in defense and commercial so far.

Boeing will have to pay a big price if it wants to bring the duopoly back to parity—and suppliers should be worried if it doesn’t.

Amid ugly write downs and program woes, Boeing launches a new freighter, cashes in on an Airbus dispute and places a half-billion-dollar bet on the future. 

Despite the challenges facing companies supplying the U.S. military, analysts Byron Callan and Steve Grundman see signs of strength and evolution.