The Air Current is exclusive media partner for The Aerospace Event, where more than 400 industry leaders gathered on March 2 and 3 for a series of frank conversations about aerospace in 2026. Key takeaways from the event are available exclusively to conference attendees and TAC subscribers.
The aerospace industry gathered in Beverly Hills last week carrying a paradox: demand has never looked better, but the supply chain remains the primary constraint to satisfying that need. In this exclusive market intelligence briefing — produced by The Air Current in collaboration with AeroOutlook — we distill the sharpest thinking from The Aerospace Event 2026 into five defining themes:
- a broadening demand environment that now spans beyond commercial aviation to defense, space, and industrial power generation
- an engine scarcity crisis reshaping MRO and aftermarket economics for the foreseeable future
- a deepening misalignment between OEM ambitions and what the supply chain can actually deliver
- an industry-wide war for talent with no near-term resolution
- and a geopolitical backdrop — from the Iran conflict to trade and tariff uncertainty — that could scramble the calculus at any moment.
The picture that emerges is of an industry with enormous tailwinds and structural headwinds colliding in real time.
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