Can Aerospace Suppliers Be Disrupted?

Boeing factory floor

Salient Motion sees incumbents locked into a “margin-first mentality,” in which anti-competitive tactics are used to defend price increases.

Credit: Sean Broderick/AW&ST
Slow-moving industries with fat margins and big overheads are usually ripe for disruption by more agile and lower-cost innovators. However, incumbents in aviation have a hard-to-overcome moat protecting their business: safety regulations. FAA certification is such a barrier to entry that companies...
Garrett Reim

Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.

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