The Aerospace & Defense industries are currently experiencing record changes. While the Aerospace industry has worked through some of its high-profile new product introduction issues over the past several years and is now reporting record backlogs, the Defense sector is experiencing a shrinking budget due to a reduction in spending and budget sequestration. Divergent as these two situations are, they are both contributing to a tremendous pressure on consolidating supplier networks to meet increasing customer demands. In order to meet these stringent requirements, A&D suppliers are improving their traceability and compliance capabilities through next-generation software such as Enterprise Quality Management Software (EQMS) and the closed-loop quality management capabilities in facilitates. In this Research Spotlight, LNS Research discusses the top strategies for A&D suppliers to achieve this high threshold of performance. Specifically, the report covers: The status of the A&D industries Evolving regulations and supply chain conditions Top quality management challenges EQMS adoption rates Benchmark data on how closed-loop quality architectures improve A&D KPIs