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aerospace industry  

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  • Aerospace, a term coined by U.S. Air Force leaders in the late 1950s, involves aircraft, guided missiles, space launch vehicles, and spacecraft. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the U.S. aerospace industry yielded annual revenues of roughly $210 billion, and it employed more than one million Americans. [Source: Encyclopedia of Politics of the American West; Aerospace Industry]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/aerospace_industry

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