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 European co-production 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.

During much of his career, he was based overseas, including extended residences in Europe, Iran, Korea, Israel, and Southeast Asia.

International Cooperation in the Aerospace Industry offers a unique study and analysis of how nations and industries have cooperated internationally to design and manufacture civil and military aircraft from a variety of perspectives.

1.Introduction

2.Political and Macroeconomic Implications of International Cooperation

3. Microeconomic Factors Affecting Industrial Participants

4. Organizational Structures of Cooperative Programs

5. Operational Management of International Aerospace Programs

6. Collaboration in Aerospace Research and Development

7. International Cooperation in Support of Operational Aircraft

8. Industrial Offsets

9. Case Studies: Analysis and History of Selected International Cooperative Programs

10. The Future of International Cooperation in Aerospace