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A few years into a surge of spending, Lockheed Martin remains Wall Street’s favorite prime defense contractor to benefit from the DOD's hypersonics drive. But Raytheon could be a better investment, a new report says.

Management made several strategic mistakes that could have been avoided had they been more lucid about their market and the industry dynamics. 

The company's ultimate plan is to capture returning boosters in mid-air by helicopter for refurbishment and reflight, with the goal of boosting Electron’s launch rate from monthly to weekly flights.

With more than 100 years of dramatic technology advances behind it, what lies ahead for the aerospace industry— at least in the next 20-40 years? As its second century opens, Aviation Week & Space Technology identifies some of the more promising aerospace technologies already taking shape.