The Impact of Macroeconomic Forces and Fiscal Austerity on the Global Defense Sector

Abstract

The defense sector in the US has witnessed many changes over the past twenty years: Cycles of growth and shrinkage in the budgets, Globalization of the defense sector, Substantive consolidation of defense contractors during the 1990's in the wake of excess capacity, An evolution in the demand for certain types of weapons systems in the post 9 /11 era, Shift in defense priorities, and How will defense priorities evolve in the future?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA562955

Entities

People

  • Nayantara Hensel

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Budgets
  • Contractors
  • Cruise Missiles
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Discretionary Spending
  • Federal Budgets
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Investments
  • Middle East
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Equipment
  • National Security
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Economics