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Join Vishal R. Sanghavi, Co-Founder and CEO of Jeh Aerospace, for a compelling masterclass on how digital-first manufacturing and cross-border agility are healing the global aerospace and defense (A&D) supply chain. After nearly two decades leading multimillion-dollar aerospace joint ventures for the Tata Group—including Tata Boeing, Tata Sikorsky, and Tata Lockheed—Vishal recognized that traditional aerospace manufacturing models are too rigid, fragmented, and slow to meet modern global demand. In this episode, he breaks down how Jeh Aerospace leverages AI, robotic automation, and AR/VR alongside India's deep talent pool ("friend-shoring") to deliver flight-critical parts 10x faster, better, and cheaper—demonstrated by over 300,000 components delivered within their first two years.
🎯 Insights You’ll Learn:
The Aerospace Supply Chain Crisis: Why legacy tier-1 and tier-2 aerospace suppliers are struggling with lead-time backlogs, labor shortages, and capacity constraints.
Rebuilding via Digital Manufacturing: How Jeh Aerospace integrates AI-driven scheduling, robotic machining automation, and augmented reality (AR) inspection to eliminate manufacturing bottlenecks.
The Power of Strategic Friend-Shoring: Leveraging the US-India corridor to combine US customer proximity and quality governance with India’s advanced engineering ecosystem.
Execution at Scale (300,000+ Parts Delivered): How a digital-native manufacturing approach supported rapid scaling to deliver hundreds of thousands of aero-engine and aerostructure components in under 24 months.
🌍 Why This Matters:
The global aerospace industry faces multi-year backlogs for commercial airliners and defense platforms, primarily caused by mid-tier supply chain chokepoints and legacy tooling delays. Traditional manufacturing facilities lack the digital agility required to ramp up production without introducing quality risks. Vishal R. Sanghavi is solving this structural bottleneck. By combining elite aerospace operational experience with modern software-driven factory automation, Jeh Aerospace is proving that digital manufacturing can bring unprecedented velocity, reliability, and cost-efficiency to flight-critical hardware.
👤 Expert Background:
Co-Founder & CEO of Jeh Aerospace, leading a US-India software-driven aerospace manufacturing firm built to solve global supply chain bottlenecks.
Former Tata Group CXO & TAS Leader, who built and led major A&D joint ventures including Tata Boeing Aerospace, Tata Sikorsky, and Tata Lockheed Martin.
Former Enterprise Consultant at TCS, advising Fortune 100 corporations on technology integration and operational efficiency.
🎙️ Hosted by Gary Fowler, CEO of GSD Venture Studios — global AI entrepreneur, investor, and innovation leader spotlighting founders navigating the realities of building in the AI era.
💡 Perfect For:
Aerospace & defense executives, supply chain directors, industrial automation engineers, deep-tech investors, defense policy strategists, and advanced manufacturing leaders seeking resilient production models.
🚀 Timely Topic:
As prime aerospace OEMs demand greater supply chain agility and speed, replacing analog shop floors with digital, friend-shored manufacturing is a top strategic priority. Vishal R. Sanghavi delivers a battle-tested roadmap for building a new-age aerospace manufacturing powerhouse.
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