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Top Defense Firms Fared Better Under Sequestration Than Rest Of Industry, CSIS Report Says

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, October 16th, 2014

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Top Defense Firms Fared Better Under Sequestration Than Rest Of Industry, CSIS Report Says

The top six defense contractors saw their overall receipt of Defense Department contract obligations decline far less than the rest of the industry under sequestration, according to an annual report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) that analyzes DoD contract spending. While the largest contractors have seen their overall share of DoD contract obligations decline slightly since 2003, between 2012 and 2013 when sequestration was in effect for part of the time these companies fared better than…

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Congress

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