
Defense budgets and sales next year will remain “relatively” stable and defense spending worldwide will increase in the low single digits—surpassing $2 trillion—amid rising geopolitical tensions, the auditing and consulting firm Deloitte says in its annual outlook for the aerospace and defense industry. In the U.S., defense spending is expected to be flat in 2021 and downward pressure may begin to be felt in fiscal year 2022 due to efforts to reduce government deficits and potential shifts toward “social and…