Opinion: How The Defense Industry Is Being Redefined

Hellfire missile

Lockheed Martin announced in September that it intends to have Atacms and Hellfire missiles manufactured by Rheinmetall in Germany.

Credit: Lockheed Martin
There is an old saying that “the only thing permanent is change,” and that can apply to thinking about how global defense contractors and the structure of the industry could change by 2030. In the 1990s, contractors in the U.S. and Europe consolidated. That spawned today’s U.S. megaprimes and Europe...
Byron Callan

Contributing columnist Byron Callan is a managing director at Capital Alpha Partners in Washington.

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