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America's aerospace sector can point to genuine milestones (SpaceX's record-breaking initial public offering and NASA's Artemis program among the most recent), but the case from industry and former policymakers is that those achievements mask a production gap that research spending alone cannot close.
Washington's policy posture, the argument runs, rewards invention while penalizing the capital investment, permitting and industrial expansion that convert a design into a deliverable product.
The evidence in the physical supply chain is specific. manufacturing facilities, production stability and domestic hiring, anchored by a $1 billion expansion of its 787 program.
Lockheed Martin has expanded facilities in Texas, Arkansas and New York, adding investment in robotics and advanced manufacturing tools to raise production capacity and improve efficiency.
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