Opinion: Defense Contractors Need Looser R&D Purse Strings

Credit: David B. Gleason
This article originally appeared in the April 21 edition of Aviation Week & Space Technology. W hy are defense contractors investing so little in their future? That question is moving front and center as a budget squeeze forces the Pentagon to curtail R&D investments that underpin the industry’s...

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