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Changing Defense Spending, Globalization Top Forces Affecting Government Sector, Survey Says

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, June 8th, 2015

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Changing Defense Spending, Globalization Top Forces Affecting Government Sector, Survey Says

Reductions and reallocations in defense spending, globalization, and mergers, acquisitions and divestitures top the list of macro forces expected to affect the government sector over the next two or three years, according to a new survey of companies in the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry.It is the third consecutive year that cuts and changes in defense spending are ranged as the top macro force affecting the A&D industry, said the survey, 2015 A&D Market Survey, conducted jointly by Computer Sciences…

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