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July 2022 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: August 9, 2022August 9, 2022

Dear Fellow Enthusiastic Air Show Returnees, As with the weather, everybody talks about the climate […]

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June 2022 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: June 16, 2022June 16, 2022

Dear Fellow American Defense Industry Horror Story Watchers, Let’s say a casual industry observer hadn’t […]

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May 2022 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: May 24, 2022May 24, 2022

Dear Fellow Horizon Gazers, This month’s letter has a straightforward and simple goal: to predict […]

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March 2022 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: March 9, 2022March 9, 2022

Dear Fellow Human Nightmare Observers, Farnborough, 1990. I’m a twentysomething aviation analyst at his first […]

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February 2022 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: March 4, 2022March 4, 2022

Dear Fellow Horrified Observers, It’s one of those strange months where I wish I didn’t […]

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January 2022 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: February 4, 2022February 4, 2022

Dear Fellow Medium-Term Futurists, My previous letter, my final Teal letter, looked back on three […]

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December 2021 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

Dear Fellow Pandemic Life-Changers, This letter caps 32 years working at Teal Group. Teal president […]

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November 2021 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: December 20, 2021December 20, 2021

Dear Fellow Tentative Theater Returnees, Relations between the West and China seem to worsen every […]

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September 2021 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: September 24, 2021September 24, 2021

Dear Fellow Antipodes Observers, I don’t know from submarines. The industry, technology, and people are […]

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August 2021 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: September 7, 2021September 7, 2021

Dear Fellow Historical Number Crunchers, To understand our industry’s future, set the Wayback Machine to […]

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Richard is a Managing Director at AeroDynamic Advisory. Frequently cited as an aviation industry authority by trade and news publications, Richard has appeared on numerous television news and radio programs including BBC, Reuters, CBS, CNN, and PBS and spoken at numerous industry conferences. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Since 2012 he has served on the National Aeronautic Association Collier Trophy Selection Committee. He presents a yearly lecture to the National Defense University/Industrial College of the Armed Forces and has served as an expert witness in aerospace markets.

In addition to his consulting role, Richard writes publicly about aviation and defense, with regular columns at Forbes.com and in Aviation Week and Space Technology. His articles have appeared in numerous other publications including Foreign Policy, the Wall Street Journal, and AIAA’s Aerospace America.

Contact Richard Aboulafia

raboulafia@aerodynamicadvisory.com
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