Accession Number:

AD1157144

Title:

Defense Industry: Trends in DOD Spending, Industrial Productivity, and Competition

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Congressional Report]

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Chan, Kwai-Cheung
• Wheeler, Winslow
• Copeland, Robert
• Copper, Carolyn M.
• Pickett, Penny
• Chennareddy, Venkareddy

Report Date:

1997-01-31

Pagination or Media Count:

74

Abstract:

Victory in the Cold War brought changes in the size and resources available to todays armed forces. A decline in DOD budgets has been a trend since the mid-1980s peak in defense budgets. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the range of public and private businesses, departments, or facilities that work in the interests of U.S. national security operate in a defense environment different from the past, where defense policy has changed accordingly.

Descriptors:

Subject Categories:

• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems
• Defense Systems

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]