Summary of: New Patterns of Collaboration and Rivalry in the US and European Defense and Aerospace Industries

Abstract

International defense industrial affairs are becoming increasing global and increasingly complex. This report is a continuation of the authors efforts to provide insights and analytical frameworks useful for understanding ongoing developments in the global defense market. In this stage of that overall project, we focus primarily on defense industrial firms and their relationships with their sovereign customers considering the organization of Boeing 787 development and production, the KC-45 aerial tanker competition, and European defense firms direct investment in the US defense market.