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These companies can re-purpose themselves to fill other needs. For example, Boeing lost an important military contract to build a heavy transport plane. Lookin
by velodrome 13y ago
These companies can re-purpose themselves to fill other needs.
For example, Boeing lost an important military contract to build a heavy transport plane. Looking for another source of revenue, they ended up building the Boeing 747 - one of the most popular airplanes on the planet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747
- a8da6b0c91d 13y agoModern fighter aircraft need large single piece titanium parts, and this is essentially the only demand for the pressing facilities. If you don't support the presses somehow, the capacity goes away. This is just an example of how military industrial needs are specific.