Defense One:
We chatted on Tuesday, day two of the Farnborough Air Show. In addition to running Raytheon, Kennedy is the chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association, one of the sector’s leading advocacy groups. Here are some excerpts and takeaways from our conversation:
On the Pentagon’s quest for more intellectual property from companies: “I think our industry supports competition. We think competition is healthy for the U.S. We also believe that if companies spend their money to develop their intellectual property, they have the rights to that intellectual property. We don’t believe they should be strong-armed about giving up their IP. That should be an individual company decision relative to what IP they’re willing, or not willing, to give up. In the United States, that’s capitalism and I think that we need to be able to protect the rights of companies and their IP.
