Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Last month Applied Aerospace and Defense launched an IPO designed to boost potential growth and implement business development plans. Trip Ferguson, CEO, who led the company through the transition, talks to Aviation Week about how they are shortening aerospace project timelines significantly, the differing needs of established aerospace and defense primes and newer industry innovators and what becoming a public company means for existing customers, suppliers and industry partners.
Last month Applied Aerospace and Defense launched an IPO designed to boost potential growth and implement business development plans. Trip Ferguson, CEO, who led the company through the transition, talks to Aviation Week about how they are shortening aerospace project timelines significantly, the differing needs of established aerospace and defense primes and newer industry innovators and what becoming a public company means for existing customers, suppliers and industry partners.
