More than a decade ago, Northrop Grumman adopted production technology from the auto industry and unveiled an automated assembly line to mass-produce fuselages for the F-35 jet fighter.

AUBURN HILLS, MI—Stellantis is collaborating with Archer, a startup air taxi company that is developing an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

HAMBURG, Germany—Engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation are working with Airbus to learn how to detect and predict disruptions in aircraft production.

When preproduction of the next-generation Tempest fighter jet ramps up next year, assemblers at BAE Systems will be using cutting-edge technology.

HARTFORD, CT—Aquiline Drones plans to ramp up production of commercial unmanned aerial systems at its factory here.

MIRABEL, Canada — Airbus has celebrated the 100th A220 aircraft produced for a customer during a ceremony at the aircraft program’s headquarters here.

WICHITA, KS — Spirit AeroSystems announced the completion of its first integrated forward fuselage section for the Boeing 767.

DAYTON, OH—Engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory here recently developed a robot for aerospace manufacturing applications.

PARIS--A new carbon-fiber composite production process could change the way commercial aircraft are assembled.

EVERETT, WA—Boeing’s new $1 billion factory here features state-of-the-art automation that will be used to build wings for the next-generation 777X jetliner.