Richard Aboulafia

Managing Director, Aerodynamic Advisory

Washington, DC

Summary

Contributing columnist Richard Aboulafia is managing director at Aerodynamic Advisory. He is based in Washington.

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RICHARD ABOULAFIA, TEAL GROUP
The specter of the Joint Strike Fighter haunts the fighter market. The Pentagon's November, 1996, JSF concept demonstration contract awards to Lockheed Martin and Boeing has virtually eliminated McDonnell Douglas as a builder of fighter aircraft once its current aircraft cease production.

RICHARD ABOULAFIA, TEAL GROUP
The business aircraft market has been flat for over three years. There were 305 business jet deliveries in 1993, 315 in 1994 and 307 in 1995. And 10% of deliveries in each of these years were Beechjet T-1s for the USAF Tanker, Transport Training System (TTTS) program. WAITING FOR GROWTH