49 Quotes by Richard Aboulafia

Keeping costs down and getting close to the customer makes an awful lot of sense when the revenue environment is flattening.

It has a big feel in a regional jet.

I think the smart money is on smaller, simpler drones and the operating systems that make them effective. That's where Lockheed is well positioned to add value.

Reinforcing their traditional businesses -- regional jets and corporate jets -- makes a lot of sense. It's familiar turf, they know the customers, and there's much less risk than trying to attack a market that's got two entrenched competitors.

The analysis of alternatives did nothing more than endorse the very concept of the obvious.

You can explain this. But people see what they want to see.

While a strike of a couple of weeks might be doable, some kind of accommodation would have to be reached. If Boeing does cave and give them something like what they want, it will be a bit of a hollow victory because in the long run it will probably result in increased outsourcing.

The fact that the Chinese government is placing these orders shows how close they are.

The only thing worse than cannibalizing your own market is having your competitor do it.