Aerospace Strikes Back | R&D Mag

By Paul Livingstone – Employment in aerospace, which was on a downward swing for nearly a decade from a high of over 1 million in 1989, has leveled off in recent years at around 600,000.

In the mid-1980s, 20% of R&D scientists and engineers were employed in the aerospace industry. That portion fell to 3.3% in 2007, the latest year’s data available from the National Science...