Cabral, 49, has more than 30 years experience in the aerospace industry. He has served in various executive, manufacturing and quality engineering capacities with McDonnell Douglas, The Boeing Company, Hughes Helicopter Division, Honeywell International, Inc., Allied Signal Division, and Goodrich Corporation, Rohr Industries Division, as well as serving with some of the country's leading aerospace engineering and manufacturing subcontractors. Cabral has designed, engineered and supplied precision aircraft assemblies, structural aircraft components, and precision machined details for Lockheed Martin Corporation, L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. , the Middle River Aircraft Systems subsidiary of General Electric Company, and many other aerospace companies, defense contractors, and aircraft manufacturers around the world.