Workforce
A highly skilled and robust aerospace workforce is essential to our national security and economic prosperity. Yet today the industry faces impending retirements and a shortage of trained technical graduates, a situation forecast to get worse within the decade. Some companies address this issue by outsourcing work around the globe. In aerospace and defense, however, security requirements dictate that most design work on military systems be done by U.S. citizens. Thus the need for U.S. developed technical talent is particularly acute to ensure a world-class aerospace workforce ready to lead in a global economy.
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Workforce Reports
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Launch into Aerospace
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Facts in Focus
For the first time since 2003, aerospace employment is forecast to fall in 2009, to 641,100 from 657,100 workers. Despite the setback, aerospace employment is faring better than most other industries. (AIA)
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TARC
Aerospace Industries Association
