Some firms have adapted military aerospace hardware for civilian use or have sought nonaerospace markets for their expertise.
"The processing power that Dwarf Fortress uses is on the same scale as modern engineering software for designing aerospace hardware," says Ames, the engineer.
Although their own government is the major procurer of military systems, American firms are also the dominant supplier of both military and civil aerospace hardware to the rest of the world.
Indeed, Ukraine ranks fourth in the world in number of certified IT professionals (after the U.S., India, and Russia) and has a full cycle of aerospace hardware engineering and production (e.g., Zenit-3SL, rockets used in Sea Launch, are designed and produced in Ukraine).
And once again, suppliers of aerospace hardware to the military are playing a key role.
The Consumables Management segment distributes aerospace fasteners and consumables, and offers aerospace hardware and inventory management services.
It offers an array of aerospace grade fasteners, fastening systems, related hardware and inventory management services to over 200 aerospace hardware manufacturers.
She used to work for the U.S. Airforce as a chief engineer designing and building aerospace hardware and helping launch satellites.
