Defence, aerospace firms have designs on niche engineers from IITs, competing with Big Tech

GKN Aerospace, a UK supplier of airframes, engine structures and landing gear, said: “Core strengths such as aerospace fundamentals, structures, materials, avionics, systems engineering, manufacturing and related operations, safety and quality, and programming for engineering applications remain central. Digital competencies such as data analytics, model-based systems engineering, simulation and applied artificial intelligence increasingly complement these foundations.”