Trump Aerospace Industry Tweets Misfire

[...]the government establishes these requirements, not Boeing. The major item that needs to be considered by our new president is the size and composition of the nation's defense industrial base. Since the major consolidations of the 1990s, the current defense base is much smaller overall than...

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Published in:National Defense 2017-02, Vol.101 (759), p.3-3
Main Author: McKinley, Craig R.
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerospace industry
Aircraft industry
Costs
Defense industry
Fighter planes
International economic relations
Political campaigns
Presidents
President’s Perspective
Real estate developers
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Summary:[...]the government establishes these requirements, not Boeing. The major item that needs to be considered by our new president is the size and composition of the nation's defense industrial base. Since the major consolidations of the 1990s, the current defense base is much smaller overall than the one in the past, and heavily shifted to being primarily smaller subcontractors.
ISSN:0092-1491
1943-3115