ABSTRACT
This chapter came to life through two aerospace and defense industry studies completed by the authors in Ohio in 2011 and 2016. In these studies, the authors investigated in-demand industries in Ohio and the need to focus on workforce development to fully support the industries. Both the 2011 and the 2016 studies defined and highlighted details of the aerospace and defense industry, while assessing the current and future growth of the Industry. Building on their previous two studies, in this chapter the authors represent the aerospace and defense industry in Ohio with distinct clusters that best define the industry: Aerospace Manufacturing, Research and Development (R&D), Federal and Military, and Aviation.
