Aerospace, Defense
Industry-Specific Insights
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Job Boards
Industry-Specific Job Boards
Recommended Resources
The resources below are a combination of general industry information as well as specific job and internship posting sites for this industry.
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauts
- Association of Mechanical Engineers
- IAESTE (International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience)
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- SAE International
Recommended Professional Associations
A professional association is an organization of people who have similar career interests. These membership-based organizations often offer a reduced rate for students that allow access to the many resources they provide. Professional association websites can also offer job/internship databases as well as opportunities to find mentors or other contacts.
- AHS International-The Vertical Flight Society
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Experimental Aircraft Association
Company & Industry Research
- Business Insights: Essentials
- Buzzfile
- D&B Hoovers
- Fairygodboss
- Glassdoor
- Summer Experience Database
- PayScale
Start Networking
Industry Blogs
Aerospace & Defense Companies
- a.i. Solutions
- Ad Astra Rocket Company
- Aerojet Rocketydyne
- AeroVironment
- Air Force Research Laboratory
- Airbus
- Altius Space Machines
- Andalusian Aerospace Cluster
- Arianespace
- Astrobotic Technology Inc.
- Astronautics Corporation
- Astrotech
- Aurora
- BAE Systems
- Ball Aerospace
- Bell Helicopter
- Bigelow Aerospace
- Blue Canyon Technologies
- Blue Origin
- Boeing
- Bombardier
- Clyde Space
- Cobham
- Copenhagen Suborbitals
- CU Aerospace
- DLR (German Space Agency)
- Draper Labs
- Dynamic Concepts, Inc.
- Dassault Aviation
- Dynetics Inc
- Echostar
- Embraer
- European Space Agency
- Eutalsat
- Firefly Space Systems
- Frontier Astronautics
- Garmin
- GE Aviation
- General Atomic
- Generation Orbit
- GKN
- Gulfstream Aerospace
- Honeywell
- Inmarsat
- Innoflight
- Intelsat
- International Launch Services
- Interorbital Systems
- Jacobs
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
- Leidos
- Leonardo
- LMI Aerospace
- Lockheed Martin
- Masten Space Systems
- Microcosm
- Moog
- Moon Express
- Naval Research Laboratory
- Northrop Grumman
- Paragon Space Dev Corp
- Physical Sciences Inc.
- Planet Labs
- Planetary Resources
- Raytheon
- Reaction Engines
- Rheinmetall
- Rocket Lab
- Rockwell Collins
- Rolls Royce
- RUAG
- SAAB group
- Safran (Snecma)
- Sandia National Labs
- Scaled Composites
- Scorpius
- Sierra Nevada Corporation
- Sikorsky
- Spaceflight Industries
- SpaceQuest
- Space and Missile Systems Center
- Space Propulsion Group
- Space Systems Loral
- Space X
- Spirit Aerospace Systems
- Southwest Airlines
- Textron
- TGV Rockets
- Thales
- The Spaceship Company
- Tyvak
- United Kingdom Space Agency
- United Launch Alliance
- United Space Alliance
- United Technologies
- Ursa Major Technologies
- Virgin Galactic
- Vulcan
- Wickman Spacecraft