Michael L. Schwarz

Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. is an independent aero structures company, under the ownership of The Carlyle Group since July 24, 2000. And the firm meeting the demands of an increasingly complex global aerospace marketplace with innovative design approaches, advanced materials and process technology. The company offers to its customers what they need a full range of design, testing, manufacturing and support capabilities. Vought excels in its role as a Tier I Integrator filling the gap between prime contractors and traditional build-to-print subcontractors by providing large, complex aero structures assemblies on a turnkey basis. The firm resources are sized and structured to provide its customers with any combination of capabilities and services required from design-to-performance specifications to build-to-print manufacturing or anything in between. It serves as a support partner and team member to the world's prime aircraft manufacturers at costs comparable to those of more traditional subcontractors.