The US Defence Industry under Obama: Are the Good Times Over?

• Main Author: Bitzinger, Richard A.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82432; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40093
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The US defence industry may have had its biblical “seven fat years” and could be looking at a significant trough in defence spending. Congress may save some programmes, and US arms producers might offset declining domestic procurement with overseas sales. Both efforts may be insufficient to prevent...