Alcoa, the world’s biggest maker of aerospace fasteners and a contractor on Boeing’s 787, said supplies of the rivets used to assemble the plane are tight and will get worse. Acquiring fasteners for ...

Boeing has elected not to replace all the temporary fasteners on the first six 787 test aircraft because they are not in critical load areas. The manufacturer confirmed a Leeham Co. report stating ...

A shortage of fasteners that hold a commercial jetliner together is one of the reasons The Boeing Co.'s new 787 Dreamliner remains in the Everett factory more than two months after the plane was ...