They say space is the final frontier. And even though America’s first space shuttle launched in the 1950s, leading aerospace companies today are still piercing deeper into the cosmos and stand at the forefront of cutting-edge technology that could seem out of this world. Many of these companies also have a reliable stream of revenue coming directly from the pocket of the Department of Defense.
In fact, the U.S. Space Force’s top-secret plane made by Boeing recently made its safe return to Earth after spending more than 400 days in orbit, where officials said it had “broken new ground.”