Opinion: Commercial Aerospace No Longer A Place For Small Suppliers

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Speculation is heating up about a new single-aisle program, raising the urgency for a new aerospace supply chain business model. The current setup, in which big players rely on an intricate network and multiple tiers of small and medium-size enterprises (SME), has proved resilient in recent crises...

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