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Registrations have commenced for Aerospace 2016: Innovation in Aerospace! Mark June 8 and September 16 on your calendars for what promises to be an unforgettable conference series. These sessions will provide an in-depth discussion of the latest technological innovations to drive next generation capabilities as pursued by the government and industry. The June 8th session, The 3rd Offset Strategy: The Role of Commercial Practices and Technology in Government Sectors to Drive Next Generation Capability focuses on technological advances in an era of increasingly tight budgets, promising business models and technology areas, and areas that can be leveraged in government sectors to drive next generation capability and competitive advantage. The September 16th session, The Commercialization of Space, will highlight various aspects of Space Commercialization, from investing to receipt of Venture Capital and beyond, from R&D to government applications to technical transfer for commercial applications. Click here for more information on Aerospace 2016.

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Ball Aerospace – Careers

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Are you ready to be part of a pioneering space mission? Build world-renowned instruments and sensors? Design new cyber defenses? Protect national security with new technologies? Thats just the beginning at Ball Aerospace. Here youll find a culture of excellence and collaboration that redefines the meaning of teamwork. We depend on out-of-the-box thinking and value diversity its essential to the success of our business.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minority, Female, Disabled, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Veterans

Creative thinking has made us instrumental on some of the most groundbreaking space missions in history. We built all seven instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope. Our Kepler spacecraft has discovered Earths twin and thousands of planets around other stars. Our laser/LIDAR technology offers the only real-time data on the market for tactical military missions and our antenna suites are flying on the new F-35 fighter aircraft.

Civil Space NASA and government space missions Commercial Space Commercial, international and new space Tactical Solutions Electro-optical technologies for defense C4ISR missions National Defense Supporting military, intelligence and defense space customers Systems Engineering Solutions Data & cyber solutions, human/machine teaming, laser effects research

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University of Miami MAE: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Weiyong Gu Department Chair

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering offers baccalaureate, masters and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering and a baccalaureate in Aerospace Engineering. At the baccalaureate degree level, a student can study a sequence of courses to provide an option in specialized areas such as aerospace engineering, environmental engineering, automotive engineering, biomedical engineering, energy engineering, and HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) systems. The department also offers a five-year B.S./M.S. program leading to both the B.S. degree and the M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in five years. This program is intended for exceptional students who are admitted to the graduate program in their junior year. Graduate students can specialize in areas related to fluid mechanics, heat transfer, energy engineering, environmental engineering, materials, solid mechanics, internal combustion engines, robotics, controls and design. In addition, a management option is available in the M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering. At the doctoral level, the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and Doctor of Arts (D.A.) in Mechanical Engineering are available.

A mechanical engineer designs and builds machines, engines, devices and systems that produce, transmit and use force, motion and energy. Mechanical engineers work in a variety of industries, consulting practices, universities and research organizations. They are employed in automobile, aerospace, machine building, materials processing, transportation, utility and computer industries and a host of other large and small firms. The mission of the Department of Mechanical Engineering is to provide an excellent undergraduate and graduate education in mechanical engineering that will prepare graduates to meet societys needs and aspirations. Established in 1947, the Mechanical Engineering Department has awarded over eight hundred B.S., one hundred M.S. and one hundred Ph.D./D.A. degrees. Many of our graduates have been successful in academic, industry and government jobs. Currently, the department has 11 faculty, 120 undergraduate students, 21 graduate students, and 4 postdoctoral research scholars. All the faculty are dedicated to teaching, research and service. Many faculty members are internationally recognized scholars in their fields, published textbooks and conduct research at the cutting edge of technology. The faculty adapt to the rapidly changing trends in technology and education in delivering the best possible education to students. The use of latest techniques in terms of computer software, internet and multimedia presentation is emphasized in the classroom.

Undergraduate students have opportunities to participate in faculty research. They can work on on-going research projects along with other graduate and undergraduate students. Such participation often results in the publication of research articles in professional magazines and journals. Undergraduate students of mechanical engineering are exposed to a variety of professional activities such as college-level design competitions, organization of design contests to high school students, tours to industries, including NASA, seminars by industry leaders, and entrepreneurship forums organized by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and other professional societies.

Mission Statement: To provide excellent undergraduate and graduate education in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering that will prepare graduates to meet society's changing needs and aspirations.

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University of Miami MAE: Aerospace Engineering

As high as your dreams can take you--thats where youll go with a degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Miami. You may choose research at the finest graduate schools in the world, working with the industrys top design engineers at firms like Lockheed and Raytheon, or helping engineer the next generation of space exploration techniques at NASA. All these exciting opportunities, and more, are there for you during and after your University of Miami education..

What will you study? Some of the topics covered in Aerospace Engineering Program:

Degrees offered include the Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with Aerospace Engineering Concentration, dual major in Mechanical Engineering/Aerospace, and the five-year Bachelors of Science in Aerospace/Masters in Mechanical Engineering.

Your studies will include intensive exposure to theory and practice as well as hands-on laboratory work. We encourage students to gain industry and government experience through internships and co-op work. Our University/Academic partners include Lockheed Martin, United Space Alliance (USA), Embraer, Pratt & Whitney, NASA, the Defense Intelligence Agency and many others.

Here at the University of Miami College of Engineering we believe in giving our students the best academic experience as well as the strongest exposure to industry opportunities and research innovations. Come fly with us-become a Hurricane Aerospace Engineer!

The mission of the Aerospace Engineering program is to provide excellent undergraduate education in Aerospace Engineering that will prepare graduates to meet societys changing needs and aspirations.

The Bachelor of Science Program in Aerospace Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABETwww.abet.org.

The objectives of the Aerospace Engineering Program are to prepare graduates who, within the first four to six years after graduation are, either:

Students who qualify for graduation in the aerospace engineering program will have demonstrated the following:

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Gulf Aerospace

Gulf Aerospace, Inc. is a Repair Station for unlimited aircraft accessories Class I & II and other accessories. Gulf Aerospace is engaged in the maintenance of aircraft accessories for military aircraft as well as air carriers and commercial operators. We are a small privately held company that has been in business since 1984. We specialize in L-100, C-130, L-188, P-3 and helicopter accessory repair.

We perform work for most divisions of the U.S. Government, Lockheed, most of the major engine repair facilities in the world, as well as many foreign governments and MRO entities.

Generally, the articles we repair fall into four service categories: pneumatics, hydraulics, fuel and electromechanical. You may view some of our test equipment and the equipment's specific parameters under Services. We repair most actuators, ATMs (air turbine machines), fans, gearboxes, generators, lights, motors, pumps, regulators, starters, turbines (cooling turbines), valves and winches.

Please see our Marketing List for an application that will allow you to find specific part numbers within our capabilities by listing the part number or the first few characters. You may also contact our Operations Manager at:

Operations Telephone: 813-855-4838 Fax: 813-891-1351 Email:

PLEASE NOTE: Gulf Aerospace, Inc. does not sell parts. Occasionally we have excess inventory which we list on the Inventory Locator Service.

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During the 10-year history of our small company, our highly technical staff has operational experience flying more than 20 satellites ...

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If you are a dynamic, successful, driven professional, Orbital ATK is the company that will further your experience and career growth.

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Experience with mission data processing systems & approaches. We are looking for an Senior Ground Segment Systems Engineer to:

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In the Aerospace & Defense Business Institute, the Haslam College of Business brings together a comprehensive portfolio of education, training, applied research and implementation support capabilities to serve a vital and unique industry.The aerospace and defense (A&D) industry faces unique business challenges and involves very unique business processes. The Aerospace & Defense Business Institute provides an integrated brand and program promotion for our A&D offerings and oversees and directs a wide range of industry outreach and engagement activities. Programs range from the Aerospace & Defense MBA to A&D-tailored and A&D-relevant short courses along with applied research and field support. The college also offers a great pipeline of well qualified talent for internships and full-time positions in business functions all across the industry.

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The University of Tennessee's Aerospace & Defense MBA program helps A&D organizationsbig and small, public and privategrow their best people and transform their business. Students earn an MBA in a year while continuing to work. We attract a powerful student cohort and deliver exceptional leader development through:

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The U.S. Department of Defense is facing at least $450 billion in budget cuts over the next 10 years. Although the specifics are still uncertain, significant change is inevitable. Mounting economic and political pressures on the budget will require the Department of Defense, as well as the defense industry, to find efficiencies without sacrificing effectiveness. Many of those efficiencies can be realized using continuous process improvement and change management tools.

The University of Tennessees Graduate & Executive Education (GEE) has extensive experience with the business of aerospace and defense. GEE has performed training in continuous process improvement and change management for all the armed services (extensively with the U.S. Air Force). We offer a broad range of executive programs and custom solutions designed to address issues in leadership, business processes, and strategic planning.

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Our accomplished faculty bring their depth of military and industry experience to ensure you have the most impactful experience possible. Additionally, our committed staff will be there every step of the way to support you and the goals you want to create.

Classes are held in the executive classrooms of the University of Tennessee Graduate & Executive Education. Accommodations are single-occupancy rooms at a nearby hotel. Classes can also be offered at a location of your choice.

Graduate & Executive Education ~ 504 Haslam Business Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-4150 Phone:+1 (865) 974-5001 ~ Fax: +1 (865) 974-4989 ~ Email:execed@utk.edu

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NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands, 11 March 2016.DapTechnology a supplier of advanced IEEE-1394 protocol analyzers and equipment to the aerospace, defense, industrial, automotive, and consumer electronics markets is introducing the FireSpy9x32bT IEEE-1394 protocol analyzer. The FireSpy9x32bT, based on the 4th Generation bus analyzer architecture, combines nine single-channel FireSpy analyzers into one single IEEE-1394 bus test instrument with a powerful on-board processor and USB3 host computer connectivity.

CARROLLTON, Texas, 11 March 2016.Two Texas-based AS9100- and Mil-Spec-certified companies, Electro Plate Circuitry (EPC) and Dragon Circuits (DCI), have merged printed circuit operations. The combination of these two companies has created an energized organization with increased manufacturing capacity, decreased costs, and greater resources to support current and new markets, officials say. This synergy is a game-changer for customers, suppliers, and stakeholders.

WASHINGTON, 11 March 2016. Nevadas unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or drone testing sites would have more autonomy to partner with private industry on emerging technology, and McCarran International Airport could use federal funds to build facilities that offer multiple transportation modes under provisions Sen. Dean Heller inserted into a major aviation bill.

MIAMI, 11 March 2016. Federal officials are asking the public not to fly drones at U.S. airports. U.S. Senator Bill Nelson and officials with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) joined Miami-Dade commissioners in their plea. While at Miami International Airport (MIA), they asked the public to be aware of restrictions against flying Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), also known as drones, at any U.S. airport.

MADRID, 11 March 2016.TAP Portugal, NAV Portugal, and Airbus ProSky in Blagnac, France, partnered to conduct flight trials to advance the SESAR JU Required Navigation Performance Implementation Synchronized in Europe (RISE) project, which aims to improve airport accessibility, enhance safety, and reduce environmental impact at airports throughout Europe. The demonstration flights took place in Madeira, where these procedures are expected to enhance safety by providing managed and repeatable procedures; improve airport accessibility by lowering approach minima; and reduce weather-related diversions.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., 11 March 2016.Boeing officials have selected UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) in Charlotte, N.C., to supply flight-critical components and ground-maneuvering systems for the new Boeing 777X large, twin-engine commercial passenger jet.

FORT WORTH, Texas, 10 March 2016. Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, is introducing a new kit enabling customers to upgrade their Bell 412SP to the 412HP configuration to increase aircraft performance and reduce costs.

WILMINGTON, Ohio, 10 March 2016.Officials at Amazon Fulfillment Services Inc., an affiliate of Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq:AMZN) in Seattle, have contracted Air Transport Services Group Inc. (NASDAQ:ATSG) to help operate the companys new air cargo network to serve Amazon customers in the United States.

EDINBURGH, Scotland, 9 March 2016.Timber is being removed from fragile rainforests illegally to the detriment of the farming community and environment, including water, wildlife, and rare species of plants, insects, and animals. Guatemalan famers are fighting back with the help of "CCTV in the sky" space-based technology from Astrosat, a global space services and management company in Edinburgh, Scotland.

CHANDLER, Ariz., 9 March 2016.Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co. (NYSE:CR), is expanding its Iso-Divider product line for space applications with a new K-Band 2-way device. Cranes new K-Band 2-way Iso-Divider offers low insertion loss and optimum band flatness performance, as well as the small size, low weight, and high reliability crucial for space applications.

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Aerospace Companies in Colorado | Key Industry | OEDIT

Colorado's aerospace industry ranks2nd in the nation for private sector aerospace employment. With four military commands - Air Force Space Command, Army Space Command, NORAD and USNORTHCOMM - and three space-related Air Force bases, Colorado is a strategic location for the space industry. Along with major Department of Defense facilities and NASA research activities, the states universities are among with worlds best for aerospace engineering. Colorado is also actively cultivating innovation and commercial space opportunities, developing Spaceport Colorado and pursuing federal designation as a test site for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs).

Many of the nations major aerospace contractors base important operations in Colorado, including Ball Aerospace, Boeing, ITT Exelis, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Sierra Nevada Corporation and United Launch Alliance. These companies are leading some of the nations most significant space projects. Sierra Nevada Corporation is changing the commercial space landscape with its Dream Chaser space transportation system, and Lockheed Martin is developing the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle to carry astronauts on deep space missions. Additionally, Ball Aerospace serves as an important anchor, headquartered in the region and serving civil, commercial and military markets. In 2010, NASA awarded contracts totaling more than $1.5 billion to Colorado aerospace companies, earning the state a fourth-place ranking nationally.

More than 400 consulting, engineering, manufacturing and supplier companies provide space-related products and services in Colorado. These companies machine precision parts and manufacture optical and remote sensing equipment; they serve as the innovative backbone of the states aerospace cluster, supplying the primes with instrumentation and composite materials, on the one hand, and taking risks deploying innovative technologies in the marketplace on the other. Fully 69 Colorado companies have won technology development and commercialization grants since 2001 via NASAs Small Business Innovation Research or/Small Business Technology Transfer program, and a further 193 companies have won similar grants to develop technologies for the Department of Defense.

Colorado is at the center of global innovation in the aerospace and space industry, hosting the National Space Symposium annually in Colorado Springs.

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Advanced Industry (AI) Accelerator Programs The AI Accelerator Programs promote growth and sustainability in advanced industries by helping drive innovation, accelerate commercialization, encourage public-private partnerships, increase access to early stage capital and create a strong ecosystem that increases the states global competitiveness.Apply or learn more

Launch! Taking Colorado's Space Economy to the Next LevelPart of Brookings's new Advanced Industries Series, this report finds that the Colorado space economy is a critical driver of economic growth and explores how Colorado can defend and extend its current position as one of the most multidimensional space economies in the nation. Directly employing over 66,000 workers across the military, civil and private domains, the full space enterprise in Colorado contributed some $8.7 billion in value-added output in 2011, in a performance that generated some 3.8 percent of Colorados private-sector gross domestic product. Learn more

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The Aerospace Corporation Aerospace Chantilly Campus

14745 Lee Road Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: 571-304-0000

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14301 Sullyfield Circle, Unit C Chantilly, VA 20151-1622

The Aerospace Corporation Greens III

4851 Stonecroft Blvd Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: 571-304-0000

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14301 Sullyfield Circle, Unit C Chantilly, VA 20151-1622

For information on the Washington, D.C. Metro, visit the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

Directions to Aerospace Chantilly Campus from Dulles Airport

Take Route 28 south Turn right at Willard Road Turn left at Lee Road Arrive at Aerospace Chantilly Campus on left

Directions to Aerospace Chantilly Campus from Interstate 495

Take Route 66 west Exit Route 28 north (toward Dulles Airport) Turn left at Westfields Blvd. Immediate right at Stonecroft Blvd. Turn right at Lee Road Arrive at Aerospace Chantilly Campus on right

Directions to Greens III from Dulles Airport

Take Route 28 south Turn right at Willard Road Turn left at Lee Road Turn right at Conference Center Drive Arrive at Greens III on left

Directions to Greens III from Interstate 495

Take Route 66 west Exit Route 28 north (toward Dulles Airport) Turn left at Westfields Blvd. Immediate right at Stonecroft Blvd. Turn right at Lee Road Turn left at Conference Center Drive Arrive at Greens III on left

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Welcome to the web site of the Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Department. We offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics. Please use the links at the left to find out more about our programs and Department.

The Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics aerospace engineering doctoral program has been placed fourth in the nation overall in the 2010 National Research Council (NRC) Assessment of Doctoral Research Programs. The program was second in the specific categories of Research Activity and Student Support. Read more.

AEM alum Steve Cook was recently named a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). The AIAA confers Fellowships in recognition of notable and valuable contributions to the arts, sciences, or technology of aeronautics and astronautics. See more info.

AIAA's Spotlight for January 2016 is pointed to the state of Minnesota, falling on Kristen Gerzina, an aeroballistician at Orbital ATK, and the chair of the AIAA Twin Cities Section. See more info.

Professor Emeritus William H. Warner passed away on December 27, 2015 after a brief illness. Dr. Warner came to the University of Minnesota as an assistant professor in 1955 in the Department of Mechanics and Materials, which a few years later merged with Aeronautical Engineering. He served as a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics from 1968 to 1995. See more info.

The Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Laboratory is continuing development on its Goldy system, which serves as the brain of professional-grade UAVs (or drones) used for scientific research and allows researchers to pilot the aircraft from the ground, collect data as it flies and process that data into useful information. NASA is using the Goldy flight control system in the third version of Prandtl-D, a V-shaped glider designed to imitate how a bird files. See more info.

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Description Northrop Grumman is seeking a Level 5 Mechanical Engineer to be responsible for leading all efforts associated with the design and development of military aircraft mechanical, hydraulic and electro-mechanical system installations. This is a senior level position with candidate expected to identify system functional requirements for military aircraft design. The candidate is expected t...

Description Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Sector has a requirement for a Mechanical Subsystems Integration Engineer 3 at our Melbourne, Florida facility. The candidate will be part of a dynamic team providing the assurance of subsystems, including their integration an sustainment of military aircraft mechanical and hydraulic systems. The candidate shall have professional experience in milita...

Description Northrop Grumman is seeking a Level 4 Mechanical Engineer to be responsible for leading all efforts associated with the design and development of military aircraft Environmental Control System (ECS) installations. Responsibilities include development of concepts, architecture, designs, test requirements and specifications. The candidate shall be able to work both independently and as ...

Description Northrop Grumman is currently seeking aircraft fuel and secondary power system engineers. The individual will work under general supervision of a subsystem engineering team lead. Position responsibilities will include all aspects of system design and development including trade studies, layouts, architecture definition, system test and verification. The individual will work with the s...

Description Northrop Grumman is currently seeking experienced aircraft hydraulic systems engineers. The individual will work under only general supervision of a subsystem engineering team lead. Position responsibilities will include all aspects of system design and development including trade studies, layouts, architecture definition, system test and verification. Must have professional experienc...

Description Northrop Grumman is currently seeking experienced aircraft fuel systems engineers. The individual will work under only general supervision of a subsystem engineering team lead. Position responsibilities will include all aspects of system design and development including trade studies, layouts, architecture definition, system test and verification. Must have professional experience in ...

Description Northrop Grumman is seeking experienced engineers to perform efforts associated with the design and system architecture of military aircraft Environmental Control Systems. The Engineer Systems Architect position involves all aspects of design, from trade studies and layouts to the development of engineering drawings for production, with application of full GD&T, working within an AS91...

Description Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems sector has a need for Level 4 Fire Protection Systems Engineer to lead all phases of designing and developing advanced smoke and fire detection, alarm and suppression systems for military aircraft application. Responsibilities include development of concepts, architecture, designs, test requirements and specifications. The candidate shall be able to ...

Description Northrop Grumman is currently seeking experienced aircraft secondary power systems engineers. The individual will work under only general supervision of a subsystem engineering team lead. Position responsibilities will include all aspects of system design and development including trade studies, layouts, architecture definition, system test and verification. Must have professional exp...

Description Northrop Grumman is seeking experienced engineers to perform efforts associated with the design and system architecture of military aircraft Hydraulic Systems at the Manned Aircraft Center of Excellence in Melbourne, FL. The Engineer Systems Architect position involves all aspects of design, from trade studies and layouts to the development of engineering drawings for production, with...

Description Northrop Grumman is seeking experienced engineers to perform efforts associated with the design, system architecture and integration of military aircraft Secondary Power Subsystems at the Manned Aircraft Center of Excellence in Melbourne, FL. The Engineer Systems Architect position involves all aspects of design, from trade studies and layouts to the development of engineering drawing...

Description Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Sector has a requirement for a Subsystems Horizontal Integration Engineer 4 at our Melbourne, Florida facility. The candidate will be part of a dynamic team providing the assurance of subsystems, including their integration an sustainment of military aircraft mechanical and hydraulic systems. The candidate shall have professional experience in milita...

Description Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems is seeking a Level 2 Engineer for the Manned Aircraft Design Center of Excellence in Melbourne, FL. In the System Architect role, the candidate will be responsible for the design of military aircraft Fuel and Environmental Control Systems (ECS). The candidate is expected to develop design of layouts, details, assemblies and installations of these sub...

Description Northrop Grumman is seeking a Level 4 Mechanical Engineer to be responsible for leading all efforts associated with the design and development of military aircraft Environmental Control System (ECS) installations. Responsibilities include development of concepts, architecture, designs, test requirements and specifications. The candidate shall be able to work both independently and as ...

Description Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Sector has a requirement for a Mechanical Subsystems Integration Engineer 4 at our Melbourne, Florida facility. The candidate will be part of a dynamic team providing the assurance of subsystems, including their integration an sustainment of military aircraft mechanical and hydraulic systems. The candidate shall have professional experience in milita...

Description Northrop Grumman is currently seeking experienced aircraft environmental control systems (ECS) engineer. The qualified candidate will lead efforts to develop aircraft ECS. Position responsibilities will include all aspects of system design and development including trade studies, layouts, architecture definition, system test and verification. Must have professional experience in milit...

Description Northrop Grumman is seeking a Level 5 Mechanical Engineer to be responsible for leading all efforts associated with the design and development of military aircraft secondary power system installations. The candidate shall be able lead a team of design engineers, as well as work as part of a large multi-disciplined team. The candidate will be able to develop tasks, generate estimates, ...

Description The qualified candidate will be a leader in the Thermodynamics organization. The candidate will thermodynamically characterize advanced aircraft and subsystems. The position requires a broad knowledge of thermodynamics and heat transfer, with ability to analyze any and all potential technical challenges encountered on advanced weapon systems including aircraft subsystem thermodynamic ...

Description Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Sector has a requirement for a Mechanical Subsystems Integration Engineer 4 at our Melbourne, Florida facility. The candidate will be part of a dynamic team providing the assurance of subsystems, including their integration an sustainment of military aircraft mechanical and hydraulic systems. The candidate shall have professional experience in milita...

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If you are looking for a challenge and the opportunity to make a difference, look to L2 Aerospace. We are seeking talented and self-motivated professionals to contribute to our mission of cost effective integration of ground, air and space systems.

If you excel in your field, are results oriented, arent satisfied with mediocrity, and are passionate and persistent in getting the job done right, there are no limits to what you can achieve at L2 Aerospace. We believe in rewarding performance, contributions, and efforts in building a winning team. Our key priority is providing our customers the right solution, always mindful of how our solution will be used in the real world. L2 Aerospace is an exceptional small business offering opportunities in flight and ground systems development and systems engineering, integration, test, evaluation and sustainment. We are looking for select mechanical, electrical, software and aerospace engineers with practical hands-on problem solving skills from the commercial, defense and civil aerospace sectors.

We offer a highly competitive salary, an exceptional benefit package, and a challenging and rewarding work environment with the chance to make a real difference in to the safety and success of our Nations civil and defense programs.

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Dayton Aerospace has signed a number of corporate-level, omnibus contracts with many large companies. These contracts are long-term, task-order type contracts that may provide your business unit quick access to Dayton Aerospaces capabilities under pre-negotiated terms and conditions. Contact us for more information.

Dayton Aerospace is an active teammate on a variety of government contract vehicles that provide easy, quick access to our support.

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Network-Centric Solutions (NETCENTS II) Enterprise Integration and Services Management (EISM) and Application Services NETCENTS II provides Air Force, DoD, and other Federal Agencies with a primary source of networking equipment/product supply and a means of systems engineering, installation, integration, operations, and maintenance for a family of DoD adopted commercially standardized networking solutions. We are a member of the DRC Team.

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Bridgeport, CT (population: 136,604) has four aerospace engineering schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Post University, the highest ranked school in this group with an aerospace engineering program, has a total student population of 8,082. It is the 703rd highest ranked school in the USA and the 14th highest in the state of Connecticut (#1 is Wesleyan University).

Aerospace Engineering students from Bridgeport schools who go on to become aerospace engineers, engineers, aviation engineers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 70,570 people working as aerospace engineers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $96,270. Also, Aerospace engineering and operations technicians make on average $59,820 per year and there are about 7,940 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk area alone, there are 130 employed aerospace engineering and operations technicians earning an average salary of $65,100. Aerospace engineers in this area earn $83,480/yr and there are ** employed.

Bridgeport lies in Fairfield county, which is one of the 8 counties in Connecticut. Overall, the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk area has 418,180 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 2% unemployment rate, $28/hr average worker wage, and a $57,340 average annual salary. Thus, about ** out of every 1000 jobs in Bridgeport are held by aerospace engineers, and 0/1000 are held by aerospace engineering and operations technicians.

Of the 4 aerospace engineering schools with a 100-mile radius of Bridgeport, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Post University comes out as the most expensive ($23,261/yr) for aerospace engineering students, with Three Rivers Community College as the lowest, reported at only $4,092/yr.

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Outsourcing is a loaded term. In todays globalised world it has become to mean many things from using technology to outsource rote work over the internet to sharing capacity with external partners that are more specialised to complete a certain task. However, inherent in the idea of outsourcing is the promise of reduced costs, either through reductions in labour costs, or via savings in overheads and tied-up capital.

I recently stumbled across a 2001 paper[1] by Dr Hart-Smith of the Boeing Company, discussing some of the dangers and fallacies in our thinking regarding the potential advantages ofoutsourcing. The points raised by Hart-Smith are particularly noteworthy as they deal with the fundamental goals of running a businessrather than trying to argue by analogy, or blind faith on proxy measurements. What follows is my take on the issue of outsourcing as it pertains to the aerospace industry only, loosely based on the insights provided by Dr Hart-Smith, and with some of my own understanding of the topic from disparate sources that I believe are pertinent to the discussion.

That being said, the circumstances under which outsourcing makes economical sense depends on a broad spectrum of variables and is therefore highly complex. If you feel that my thinking is misconstrued in any way, please feel free to get in touch.With that being said lets delve a bit deeper into the good, the bad and the ugly of the outsourcing world.

Any discussion on outsourcing can, in my opinion, be boiled down to two fundamental drivers:

Using these two points as our guidelines it becomes clear very quickly under what conditions a company should decide to outsource a certain part of its business:

Note, that in either case the focus is on receiving extra value for something the company pays for rather than on reducing costs. In fact, as I will explain below, outsourcing often leads to increases in cost, rather than cost reductions. Under these circumstances, it only makes sense to outsource if this additional cost is traded for extra value that cannot be created in house, i.e. manufacturing value or technical value.

Reducing Costs

Reducing costs is another buzzword thatis often used to argue pro outsourcing. Considering the apparent first-order effects,it makes intuitive sense that offloading a certain segment of a business to a third party will reduce costs via lower labour costs and overheads, depreciation and capital outlays. In fact, this is one of the allures of the globalised world and the internet; the means of outsourcing work to lower-wage countries are cheaper than ever before in history.

However, the second-order effects of outsourcing are rarely considered. The first fundamental rule of ecology is that in a complex system you can never only do one thing. As all parts of a complex system are intricately linked, perturbing the system in one area will have inevitable knock-on effects in another area. Additionally if the system behaves non-linearly to the external stimuli, these knock-on effects are non-intuitive and almost impossible to predict a priori. Outsourcing an entire segment of a project should probably be classed as a major perturbation, and as all components of a complex engineering product, such as an aircraft, are inherently linked, a decision in one area will certainly effect other areas of the project as well. Hence, consider the following second-order effects thatshould be accounted foras a result of outsourcing as certain line of a business:

Therefore there is an inherent clash between trying to minimise costslocally, i.e. the costs for one component in isolation, and keeping costs downglobally, i.e. for the entire project. In the domain of complex systems, local optimisationcan lead to fragility of the system in two ways. First, small perturbations from local optima typically have greater effects on the overall performance of the system than perturbations from locally sub-optimal states. Second, locally optimising one factor of the system may force other factors to be far from their optima, and hence reduce the overall performance of the system. A general heuristic is that the best solution is to reach a compromise by operating individual components at sub-optimal levels, i.e.with excess capacity,such that the overall system is robust to adapt to unforeseen perturbations in its operating state.

Furthermore, the decision to outsource the design or the manufacture of a specific component needs to factored into the overall design of the product as a early as possible. Thus, all interfacing assemblies and sub-assemblies are designed with this particular realityin mind, rather than having to adapt to this situation a posteriori. This is because early design decisions have the highest impact on the final cost of a product. As a general rule of thumb, 80% of the final costs are incurred by the first 20% of the design decisions made, such that late design changes are always exponentially more expensive than earlier ones. Having to fix misaligned sub-assemblies at final assembly costs orders of magnitude more than additional planning up front.

Finally, the theory of constraints teaches us that the performance of the overall project can never exceed that of its least proficient component. Hence, the overall quality of the final assembly is driven by the quality of its worst suppliers. This means that in order to minimise any problems, the outsourcing company needs to provide extra quality and technical support for the subcontractors, extra employees for supply chain management, and additional in-house personal to deal with the extra detail design work and project management. Dr Hart-Smith warns that

With all this extra work the reality is that outsourcing should be considered as anextra cost rather than a cost saving, albeit, if done correctly, for the exchange of higher quality parts. The dollar value of out-sourced work is a very poor surrogate for internal cost savings.

Outsourcing Profits

Hypothetically, in the extreme case when every bit of design and manufacturing work is outsourced the only remaining role f0r the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the aircraft is to serve as a systems integrator. However, in this scenario, all profits are outsourced as well. This reality is illustrated by a simple example. The engines and avionics comprise about 50% of the total cost ofconstructionof an aircraft, and the remaining 50% are at the OEMs discretion.Would you rather earn a 25% profit margin on 5% of the total work, or rather 5% profit margin on 25% of the total work? In the former case the OEM will look much more profitable on paper (higher margin) but the total amount of cash earned in the second scenario will be higher. Hence, in a world where 50% of the work naturally flows to subcontractors supplying the engines, avionics and control systems, there isnt much left of the aircraft to outsource if enough cash is to be made to keep the company in business. Without cash there is no money to pay engineers to design new aircraft and no cash on hand to serve as a temporary buffer in a downturn. If there is anything that the 20th century has taught us, is that in the world of high-tech, any company that does not innovate and purely relies on derivative products is doomed to be disrupted by anew player.

Second, subcontractors are under exactly the same pressure as the OEM to maximise their profits. In fact, subcontractors have a greater incentive for fatter margins and higher returns on investment as their smaller size increases their interest rates for loaned capital. This means that suppliers are not necessarily incentivised to manufacture tooling that can be reused for future products as these require more design time and can not be billed against future products. In-house production is much more likely to lead to this type of engineering foresight. Consider theproduction of a part that is estimated to cost the same to produce in-house as by a subcontractor, and to the same quality standards. The higher profit margins of the subcontractor naturally result in a higher overall price for the component than if manufactured in-house. However, standard accounting procedures would consider this as a cost reduction since all first-order costs, such as lower labour rate at the subcontractor, fewer employees and less capital tied up in hard assets at the OEM, creates the illusion that outside work is cheaper than in-house work.

Skin in the Game

One of the heavily outsourced planes in aerospace history was the Douglas Aircraft Company DC-10, and it was the suppliers who made all the profits on this plane.It is instrumental that most subcontractors were not willing to be classified as risk-sharing partners. In fact, if the contracts have been negotiated properly, then most subcontractors have very little downside risk. For financial reasons, the systems integrator can rarely allow a subcontractor to fail, and therefore providesfree technical support to thesubcontractor in case of technical problems. In extreme cases, the OEM is even likely to buy if subcontractor outright.

This state of little downside risk is what NN Taleb calls the absence of skin in the game [2]. Subcontractors typically do not behave like employees do. Employees or risk-sharing partners have a reputation to protect and fear the economic repercussions of losing their paychecks. On the one hand, employees are more expensive than contractors and limit workforce flexibility. On the other hand, employees guarantee a certain dependability and reliability for solid work, i.e. downside protection to shoddy work. In Talebs words,

So employees exist because they have significant skin in the game and the risk is shared with them, enough risk for it to be a deterrent and a penalty for acts of undependability, such as failing to show up on time. You are buying dependability.

Subcontractors on the other hand typically have more freedom than employees. They fear the law more than being fired. Financial repercussions can be built into contracts, and bad performances may lead to loss in reputation, but an employee, by being part of the organisation and giving up some of his freedom, will always have more risk, and therefore behave in more dependable ways. There are examples, like Toyotas ecosystem of subcontractors, where mutual trust and skin in the game is built into the network via well thought-out profit sharing, risk sharing and financial penalties, but these relationships are not ad hoc and are based on long-term relationships.

With a whole network of subcontractors the performance of an operation is limited by the worst-performing segment. In this environment, OEMs are often forcedto assist bad-performing suppliers and therefore forced to accept additional costs. Again from NN Taleb [2],

If you miss on a step in a process, often the entire business shuts down which explains why today, in a supposedly more efficient world with lower inventories and more subcontractors, things appear to run smoothly and efficiently, but errors are costlier and delays are considerably longer than in the past. One single delay in the chain can stop the entire process.

The crux of the problem is that a systems integrator, who is the one that actually sells the final product, i.e. gets paid last and carries the most tail risk, can only raise the price to levels that themarket will sustain. Subcontractors, on the other hand, can push for higher margins and lock in a profit before the final plane is sold and thereby limit their exposure to cost over-runs.

ROE

The return on net assets or return on equity (ROE) metric is a very powerful proxy to measuring how efficiently a company uses its equity or net assets (assets liabilities; where assets are everything the company owns and liabilities include everything the company owes) to create profit,

The difference between high-ROE and low-ROE businesses is illustrated here using a mining company and a software company as (oversimplified) examples. The mining company needs a lot of physical hard assets to dig metals out of the ground, and hence ties up considerable amount of capital in its operations. A software company on the other hand is asset-light as the cost of computing hardwarehas exponentially fallen in line with Morse Law. Thus, if both companies make the same amount of profit, then the software company will have achieved this more efficiently than the mining company, i.e. required less initial capital to create the same amount of earnings.The ROE is a useful metric for investors, as it provides information regarding the expected rate of return on their investment. Indeed, in the long run, the rate of return on an investment in a company will converge to the ROE.

In order to secure funding from investors and achieve favourable borrowing rates from lenders, a company is therefore incentivised to beef up its ROE. This can either be done by reducing the denominator of the ratio, or by increasing the numerator. Reducing equity either means running a more asset-light business or by increasing liabilities via the form of debt. This is why debt is also a form of leverage as it allows a company to earn money on outside capital. Increasing the numerator is simple on paper but harder in reality; increasing earnings without adding capacity, e.g. by cost reductions or price increases.

Therefore ROE is a helpful performance metric for management and investors but it is not the ultimate goal. The goal of a for-profit company is to makemoney, i.e. maximise the earnings power. Would you rather own a company that earns 20% on a business with $100 of equity or 5% on company with $1000 of tied up capital? Yes, the first company is more efficient at turning over a profit but that profit is considerably smaller than for the second company. Of course, if the first company has the chance to grow to the size of the second in a few years time, and maintains or even expands its ROE, then this is a completely different scenario and it would be a good investment to forego some earnings now for higher cashflow in the future. However, by and large, this is not the situation for large aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing and Airbus, and restricted to fast-growing companies in the startup world.

Second, it is foolish to assume that the numerator and denominator are completely decoupled. In fact, in a manufacturing-intense industry such as aerospace, the two terms are closely linked and their behaviour is complex, i.e. their are too many cause-and-effect relationships for us to truly understand how a reduction in assets will effect earnings. Blindly reducing assets, without taking into account its effect on the rate and cost of production, can always be considered as a positive effect as it always increase ROE. In this manner, ROE can be misused as a false excuse for excessive outsourcing. Given the complex relationship in the aerospace industry between earnings and net assets, the real value of the ROE ratio is to provide a ballpark figure of how much extra money the company can earn in its present state with a source ofincremental capital. Thus, if a company with multiple billions in revenue currently has an ROE of 20%, than it can expect to earn an extra 20% if it employs anincremental amount of further capital in the business, where the exact incremental amount is of course privy to interpretation.

In summary, there is no guarantee that a reduction in assets will directly result in an increase in profits, and the ROE metric is easily misused to justify capital reductions and outsourcing, when in fact, it should be used as a ballpark figure to judge how much additional money can currently be made with more capital spending. Thus, ROE should only be used as a performance metric but never as the overall goal of the company.

A cautionary word on efficiency

In a similar manner to ROE, the headcount of a company is an indicator of efficiency. If the same amount of work can be done by fewer people, then the company is naturally operating more efficiently and hence should be more profitable. This is true to an extent but not in the limit. Most engineers will agree that in a perfect world, perfect efficiency is unattainable as a result of dissipating mechanisms (e.g. heat, friction, etc.). Hence, perfect efficiency can only be achieved when no work is done. By analogy, it is meaningless to chase ever-improving levels of efficiencyif this comes at the cost of reduced sales. Therefore, in some instances it may be wise to employ extra labour capacity in non-core activities in order to maintain a highly skilled workforce that is able to react quickly to opportunities in the market place, even if this comes at the cost of reduced efficiency.

So when is outsourcing a good idea?

Outsourcing happens all over the world today. So there is obviously a lot of merit to the idea. However, as I have described above, decisions to outsource should not be made blindly on terms of shedding assets or reducing costs, and need to factored into the design process as early as possible. Outsourcing is a valuable tool in two circumstances:

First, certain components on modern aircraft have become so complex in their own right that it is not economical to design and manufacture these parts in-house. As a result, the whole operation is outsourced to a supplier that specialises in this particular product segment, and can deliver higher quality products than the prime manufacturer. The best example of this are jet engines, which today are built by companies like Rolls-Royce, General Electric and Pratt & Whitney, rather than Airbus and Boeing themselves.

Second, contrary to popular belief, the major benefit of automation in manufacturing is not the elimination of jobs, but an increase in precision. Precision manufacturing prevents the incredibly costly duplication of work on out-of-tolerance parts further downstream in a manufacturing operation. Toyota, for example, understood very early on that in a low-cost operation, getting things right the first time around is key, and therefore anyone on the manufacturing floor has the authority to stop production and sort out problems as they arise. Therefore, access to automated precision facilities is crucial for aircraft manufacturers. However, for certain parts, a prime manufacturer may not be able to justify the high capital outlay for these machines as there is not enough capacity in-house for them to be utilised economically. Under these circumstances, it makes sense to outsource the work to an external company that can pool the work from a number of companies on their machines. This only makes sense if the supplier has sufficient capacity on its machines or is able to provide improved dimensional control, e.g. by providing design for assembly services to make the final product easier to assemble.

Conclusion

After this rather long exposition of the dangers of outsourcing in the aerospace industry, here are some of the key takeaways:

Sources

[1] L.J. Hart-Smith.Out-sourced profits the cornerstone of successful subcontracting. Boeing paper MDC 00K0096. Presented at Boeing Third Annual Technical Excellence (TATE) Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri, 2001.

[2] N.N. Taleb. How to legally own another person. Skin in the Game. pp. 10-15.https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50282823/employee.pdf

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