Impacts of Declining Budgets and Defense Mergers on the Department of the Defense

Abstract

After the end of the Cold War, defense contractors were forced to merge and restructure operations due to declining defense budgets. Moreover, contractors convinced the Department of Defense that it is in the government's best interest to pay restructuring costs. Senior industry executives stated that the potential savings would far exceed the costs of consolidation for the Department of Defense. In 2001, twelve years since the Cold War, we continue to see mergers and restructuring costs charged to the Department of Defense. This paper will examine the impacts of declining defense budgets and defense mergers on the Department of Defense. It will focus primarily on the areas of declining defense spending, overhead costs, and industry restructuring activities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 09, 2002
Accession Number
ADA404275

Entities

People

  • Joe Conley

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Cold War
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Defense Industry
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Fixed Price Contracts
  • Governments
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.