Opinion: A Map Of Aerospace Mergers And Acquisitions

In mature industries such as aerospace and defense, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are primary tools of corporate strategy. The race for competitive advantage increasingly relies on initiatives to reshape the scale, scope and vertical depth of a company’s structure as the bases of competition for product and service offerings become ever more firmly established. More specifically, corporate development initiatives are how companies in mature industries adapt to change—inflections in demand, technology perturbations, capital markets, politics, etc.

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