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Aerospace demands it all: advanced materials, precise manufacturing, a highly skilled workforce, and superior safety.

NIST researchers and Advanced Technology Program co-funding help the industry with materials development and manufacturing processing. The Manufacturing Extension Partnership assists the industry’s many small business suppliers. The Baldrige National Quality Program provides a template for performance excellence and customer satisfaction that is tailor-made for fast-moving, high-technology businesses such as aerospace.


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Focusing on aircraft safety

Advanced materials take to the skies

Advancing the art of manufacturing

Aviation first: Landing blind

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date created:1/15/01
last updated: Apr. 05, 2010
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