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In the US, the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] and [[NASA]] are the two biggest consumers of aerospace technology and products.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sims |first=Eleni Myerscitation needed|date=MarchJanuary 2009 |title=The Department of Defense Space Test Program: Come fly with us |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/aero.2009.4839351 |journal=2009 IEEE Aerospace conference |publisher=IEEE |doi=10.1109/aero.2009.4839351}}</ref> The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States reported that the aerospace industry employed 444,000 wage and salary jobs in 2004, many of which were in Washington and California,{{citation needed|date=January 2009}} this marked a steep decline from the peak years during the [[Reagan Administration]] when total employment exceeded 1,000,000 aerospace industry workers.<ref>Parker, Dana T. ''Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II,'' pp. 131-2, Cypress, CA, 2013.</ref>

[[BAE Systems]] is the successor company to numerous British aircraft manufacturers which merged throughout the second half of the 20th century. Many of these mergers followed the [[1957 Defence White Paper]].<ref>{{Citation needed|titlereason=TheSpecific 1957claim defence White Paperrequires source|date=2014-07-11February |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315768205-26 |work=Britain and the World since 1945 |pages=218–218 |access-date=2023-07-04 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-315-76820-52021}}</ref>

The OctoberOct. 16, 2017 announcement of the [[CSeries]] partnership between [[Airbus]] and [[Bombardier Aerospace]] could trigger a daisy chain of reactions towards a new order.<!--<ref name=AvWeek18oct2017/>-->