Aerospace and Defence
Key Facts
Abbreviation
A&D
Pronunciation
/ˈɛroʊˌspeɪs ənd dɪˈfɛns/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
Military
Examples in Context
- As well as energy, aerospace and defence, sectors defined as strategic include mining, space technology and nuclear energy.
- Some industry specialists believe Rockwell Collins – which provides the aerospace and defence industry with communication and electronic devices – is also a likely target for United Technologies.
- Titanium is prized for its strength, lightness and resistance to corrosion, but producing high-quality titanium – used primarily by the aerospace and defence industries – is a technologically complex process that few companies have mastered.
- One of the most pressing questions Mr East will face when he takes the helm is whether Rolls-Royce should reverse this strategy and instead focus on its core aerospace and defence business.
- This system shows the developing direction for aerospace manufacture engineering which is paid attention to and followed by the main aerospace and national defence industry manufacturing enterprises in the world.