That synergy derives most importantly from the fact that demand in commercial and military aerospace markets tends to vary inversely, so that it is strengthening in one segment as it is weakening in the other.

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The interesting thing is that demand in the two major components of the aerospace market tends to vary inversely in other words, commercial demand tends to strengthen as military demand is weakening.

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