航空宇宙産業 軍事関連予算減少傾向の中で業種多能化へ
Expected defense slowdown has contractors looking to diversify Following eight boom years that saw the Pentagon's budget soar by 86%, defense contractors are preparing for leaner times under a new president and a new global economic reality. "It's not a rosy outlook," says Philip Finnegan, an industry analyst at the Teal Group. With economies around the world reeling from the financial meltdown, companies can't count on foreign sales to take up the expected slack from the U.S. That has such companies as Lockheed Martin Corp. looking to "leverage our core capabilities in adjacent markets" such as information technology, which should see double-digit growth this year.
Raytheon Co., meanwhile, is focused on winning multi-billion-dollar training contracts. The Washington Post (10/13)
http://www.space-library.com/081021MS.pdf
Expected defense slowdown has contractors looking to diversify Following eight boom years that saw the Pentagon's budget soar by 86%, defense contractors are preparing for leaner times under a new president and a new global economic reality. "It's not a rosy outlook," says Philip Finnegan, an industry analyst at the Teal Group. With economies around the world reeling from the financial meltdown, companies can't count on foreign sales to take up the expected slack from the U.S. That has such companies as Lockheed Martin Corp. looking to "leverage our core capabilities in adjacent markets" such as information technology, which should see double-digit growth this year.
Raytheon Co., meanwhile, is focused on winning multi-billion-dollar training contracts. The Washington Post (10/13)
http://www.space-library.com/081021MS.pdf