This textbook provides a detailed overview of industry-specific business management and technology management practices in aerospace for relevant bachelors and MBA programs.

1 Introduction 2 Structure of the Aerospace Industry 3 The Aerospace Workforce and Labor Relations 4 Aerospace Law, International Accords, and Contracting Procedures 5 Government Economic Support of the Aerospace Industry 6 International Cooperation, Joint Ventures, Teaming, and Industrial Offsets 7 Aerospace Accounting and Financial Management 8 Aerospace Systems Engineering and Technology Management 9 Management of Aerospace Programs 10 Aerospace Production Management 11 Management of Aerospace Quality Assurance 12 Management of the Aerospace Supply Chain 13 Aerospace Marketing 14 Aerospace Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul 15 Environmental Challenges and the Aerospace Industry

Wesley Spreen's professional career in the aerospace industry includes executive and managerial jobs at Boeing, Lockheed, General Dynamics, Textron, and the US Air Force. At Lockheed he was managing director of the F-16 international coproduction consortium, which at the time was the largest cooperative industrial program in the history of the aerospace industry. At Boeing he was Director of International Marketing and Sales for the company's helicopter division.