Sentences with phrase «us defense industry»

«The defense industry — the Department of Defense — is the single biggest customer in the world,» says Laingen, who estimates that the military awards some $ 150 billion in contracts each year, depending on the size of its budget.

A focus on the aerospace and defense industries, along with healthcare.

«There's so much data out there,» says Dennis Murphy, a senior analyst at IHS Jane's, which tracks the defense industry.

Gotham Bicycle Defense Industries sold out of its initial production run and is pre-selling the second production run on its website for $ 65.

Other strong L.A. industries to build a business in or around include the textiles and garments industry, the fashion industry, the auto industry (Honda's North American headquarters are located in the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance), the defense industry, and the advertising industry.

Among those targeted on Wednesday were 10 representatives in China and Russia of the Korea Ryonbong General Corporation, which supports the North's defense industry and already is under U.S. and U.N. sanctions.

The Saudi delegation is slated to meet with defense industry giants Lockheed Martin and Boeing.

«When the defense contractors get slammed by a big sell - off, they should be right at the top, No. 1, of your shopping list because the things people are worried about — like the Fed possibly getting too aggressive — matter a lot less to the defense industry than, say, to the industrials,» explained CNBC's Jim Cramer on Wednesday.

While much of the venture capital activity in the United States is concentrated in Silicon Valley, in recent years a sector of the economy with closer ties to Washington, D.C., than San Francisco has been upping its investments in start - up technology companies — America's defense industry.

In recent years, it's become all the more important for the U.S. defense industry to tap into America's commercial tech sector.

Right now, for instance, there are more opportunities in the commercial sector for self - driving cars — but that doesn't mean advances in autonomous technology aren't things the U.S. defense industry also wants a piece of.

«Advances in areas ranging from drones to satellites to autonomous vehicles all have implications in the defense industry, and it would be foolish to think that any single organization has the talent and expertise to do all of these things well.»

Two years ago, the Huntsville - based Von Braun Center for Science and Innovation, a non-profit research and development organization, applied for an SBA grant to create a «cluster» or business network that could help business owners tap the rich vein of government contracts in the defense industry.

«When the defense contractors get slammed by a big sell - off, they should be right at the top, No. 1, of your shopping list because the things people are worried about — like the Fed possibly getting too aggressive — matter a lot less to the defense industry than, say, to the industrials.»

The ACSC said in a report on Monday that it responded to 734 cyber attacks on «systems of national interest» for the year ended June 30, and the defense industry was a major target.

What's worse, only one of those smelters makes the high - grade stuff that the U.S. defense industry needs to make fighter jets.

Answering to Trump's promises of increased military spending, stocks in the aerospace and defense industry have popped 39 % based on the SPDR S&P 500 Aerospace and Defense exchange - traded fund.

MISSION: To network and expand the defense industry job and technology base of the Upper Midwest and promote the region's innovative contributions to the nation's defense.

Deals in the aerospace and defense industry have slowed this year after the election of President Donald Trump sent asset prices soaring, making many buyers hold off on deals.

The defense industry is a major part of the economy in El Paso, which is home to Fort Bliss.

Defense Alliance Executive Director Chip Laingen and his staff have helped introduce dozens of companies to opportunities in the defense industry and created a special program to promote the region's power and energy sector.

A regional business alliance for the defense industry, the Defense Alliance has steadily built a national presence and influence over the past twelve years from its base in the Twin Cities, and now has Membership in 34 states.

The aerospace and defense industry is a big part of Aurora's economy.

During the past two years, Teamvantage has executed a strategic approach to the defense market that led to significant sales and potential growth with new defense industry customers; and the company moved to a brand new, custom - designed manufacturing facility in Forest Lake, Minnesota.

Visible Assets, Inc. designs wireless tags to track weapons, missiles, and other high - risk materials for the US defense industry.

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China's development in automotive, aircraft, information technology, high - speed trains, and defense industries all benefitted from espionage.

The Aerospace Industries Association, a trade organization for the aerospace and defense industry, recognizes this challenge: the AIA's Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry recommends «that the nation immediately reverse the decline in, and promote the growth of, a scientifically and technologically trained U.S. aerospace workforce,» adding that «the breakdown of America's intellectual and industrial capacity is a threat to national security and our capability to continue as a world leader.»

Administration officials say the president is assessing the measure, which would target Russia's energy and defense industries, according to the Associated Press.

This is the first of several reports on the aerospace / defense industry.

Defense: China's defense industry spending is likely to increase more rapidly than overall GDP, as the country seeks to modernize its infrastructure.

Pundits are attributing Lockheed Martin's stock slide this morning to a general malaise among defense industry investors after last week's dismal performance.

It could also mean higher costs for the ultimate buyer of American - made defense goods: the U.S. government, said Dan Stohr, a spokesman for the Aerospace Industries Association, a trade association for the defense industry.

Leaving energy, Rockwell Automation, which manufactures devices such as variable - speed motor controls and programmable logic controllers, and ITT, a diversified manufacturer of products for the water and defense industries, both appear to have benefited from the renaissance in U.S. industrial production.

The power that Israel wields over our Democracy is evident in the miss - appropriation of wealth, while our children are treated to a public education not worthy of circus animals, Israel has our defense industry pumping out fighter jets at 350 million each, and it's no surprise they have the most powerful military on earth.

Without it the defense industry would collapse overnight, and many others — construction, steel, agriculture, glass, oil, export, rubber, communications, auto, to name a few — would slowly strangle.

So if you do not like social programs, then the defense industry can quite easily absorb your portion of the tax base.

slashing the military budget is going to mean a whole lot of unemployed soldiers and defense industry workers.

the French defense industry took a big hit as well as France had sold two Mistrals to Russia before the sanctions, and got pushed into cancelling the deal by the USA.

We must also consider that many defense industries are company towns with responsibilities for the full range of social amenities that their workers and staffs enjoy.

In addition, one must take into account the large economic footprint of the private defense industry from companies like Lockheed Martin and Boeing who are dependent on the military for contracts to keep them going, as well as the kind of industries that one doesn't think of when they think of military spending and dependence on the military like food service contracts or transportation spending.

Mr. Goodman, who is 34 and runs a corporate advisory firm focused on aerospace and defense industries, takes the helm of the Republican Committee after a disappointing campaign in which its candidates for supervisor and town board were defeated by wide margins and just two of its nine candidates for town trustee prevailed in the November election.

Southern California was Republican - leaning, largely because the defense industry was a major economic engine -LSB-...] In the early 1990s, defense spending began to fall, and numerous military bases in California were closed.

Also at 10 a.m., Rep. Tom Suozzi hosts an «Aerospace and Defense Industry Supply Conference» aimed at helping this critical industry on Long Island grow and remain competitive, Tilles Center, LIU Post, 720 Northern Blvd, Brookville.

(CNN)- Sen. Patty Murray, co-crafter of the bipartisan budget agreement and member of the veterans affair committee, said Wednesday cuts to pension benefits for some military veterans under the spending plan was a part of a compromise to avoid billions in cuts to the defense industry.

By securing this agreement we will strengthen our position as a leader in aerospace and the defense industry fields for many, many years to come.»

(BOTH Connecticut's senators serve on the SASC, protecting Electric Boat Company in Groton and the sub base in New London; Mississippi's Northrup Grumman shipbuilding facility has its SASC rabbi; the Texas defense industry and military bases are protected, etc..)

As pressure to regulate perchlorate has mounted, so too has lobbying from the chemical manufacturing and defense industries.

BRUSSELS — The European Union should consider funding military research, the European Commission says in an action plan aimed at bolstering the bloc's defense industry.

The document, titled Towards a more competitive and efficient defence and security sector, includes a list of measures aiming to enhance the European defense industry's worldwide prospects.