Sentences with phrase «as the defense industry»

If the people of the future had the same lobbying power as the defense industry, we'd have that cash as well.

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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

A strong defense is especially important today as technology and globalization lower barriers to entry, leaving industry leaders vulnerable.

Vivendi's defense of its stake in TIM came a day after Italian Industry Minister Carlo Calenda had described the French company as being an «awful» investor in TIM.

Corporations spanning industries as diverse as technology to defense have all rebranded themselves only to the peril of their businesses.

But as Congress moves toward repealing the mandate as part of tax reform, voters, legislators and industry experts have flocked to its defense, pointing out that doing away with it would cause already high premiums for individual health plans to rise by 10 percent.

The survey, conducted by the British defense company BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, found that U.S. firms in industries such as banking, technology, law, and mining are now spending up to 15 percent of their entire IT budgets on security.

On Friday, while the broader stock market as measured by the S&P 500 index remained largely flat, the S&P Aerospace and Defense Select Industry Index fell roughly 1.3 %.

Over time, these moves proved prescient, unlocking new revenue streams for Nvidia in industries such as defense, energy, finance, health care, manufacturing, and security.

Before revolutionizing the hedge fund industry with his mathematics - based approach, «Quant King» James Simons worked as a code breaker for the US Department of Defense during the Vietnam War, but was fired after criticizing the war in the press.

A spending spree on mostly U.S. - made equipment means Japan's defense planners are being forced to curtail domestic programs that would help local defense contractors such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries maintain their military industrial base.

26 Cleantech and Defense Alliance exhibits were part of the program, such as e-ride Industries» innovative Medium Weight Electric Vehicle, already being purchased by DoD.

Last Thursday, James Mattis, the Defense Secretary, published a public letter concluding that the decline of the American industry as a result of unfair trade posed a threat to national security, a position aligned with the Commerce Department's.

Indra is a world leader in the development of end - to - end technology solutions in fields such as Defense and Security, Transport and Traffic, Energy and Industry, Telecommunications and Media, Financial Services, Electoral Processes, and Public Administrations and Healthcare, Through its Minsait unit, it addresses the challenges of digital transformation.

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 leaderindustry, 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 leaderIndustry 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.»

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

Slingshot Aerospace is using artificial intelligence to provide detailed reports about the earth to industries such as Defense, insurance, and energy.

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.

Implementing a defense strategy is still a new concept for business owners and the industry as a whole.

In his own personal time of change — encompassing divorce, repudiation of the best - selling A Season On The Brink, grudging occasional use of the zone defense and revitalization of the red sweater industry — the most bizarre Knight move of all was injecting the dreaded juco transfer into his disciplined program, in the persons of center Dean Garrett (10 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks and a neutralization of the Orange's Rony Seikaly) as well as the 6» 1» Smart.

Readers who've long been following the beef industry's response to the controversy surrounding lean finely textured beef (LFTB, commonly known as «pink slime») will remember the first website and Twitter hash tag marshaled in defense of the product: «pinkslimeisamyth.»

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.

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.

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.»

This whole argument is particularly fascinating since Saujani, who has successfully put her experience raising cash for Democrats like Hillary Clinton to work on her own campaign, has a Wall Street background and was one of the few Democrats (along with Gov. David Paterson and former Democrat Mayor Bloomberg) to speak out in defense of the financial industry, highlighting its importance as the state's economic engine.

A vital aspect of the problem for the U.S. is the effect that drastic disarmament steps would have not only on the economy as a whole but also on those special sections of high - grade, science - based and highly localized industries that are now so overwhelmingly involved in defense work.»

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

HEU has formed a well - structured curriculum that is characterized by the main subjects of ship industry, ocean equipment and exploration, and nuclear application as well as distinctive, related disciplines with matching support and reasonable structural layout: 12 first - degree doctoral stations, 27 first - degree master stations, 56 under graduate majors, 13 post-doctoral mobile stations (research station), 1 national key discipline of the first - degree subjects, 1 national key discipline of the second - degree subjects, 11 defense featured subjects, 7 special defense majors, 4 characteristic profession stations of the Ministry of Education, 1Heilongjiang provincial key discipline group, 11 first - degree subjects.

Resistance from entrenched interests and within the industries themselves are among the factors blocking innovation from flourishing in the nation's manufacturing sector — forces that are also prevalent in other legacy sectors such as energy, transportation, construction, health care, higher education, agriculture and to a lesser extent defense, the two experts said.

The different federal initiatives come as the offshore wind industry is «picking up momentum after a lull,» said Kit Kennedy, director of energy and transportation for the Natural Resources Defense Council, who was at the White House meeting.

A growing number of researchers are taking steps to address this concern as AI begins to transform entire industries, including transportation, medicine, manufacturing and defense.

«We need to have projects that have material properties that can meet the necessary requirements, that can be repeatable, and that can be identical from machine to machine, day to day — especially in demanding industries such as aerospace and defense.»

Black and his NIST colleagues compiled these ideas while working with software assurance experts from many private companies in the computer industry as well as several government agencies that generate a good deal of code, including the Department of Defense and NASA.

The bill now boasts 11 Democrats and 11 Republicans as co-sponsors, as well as support from chemical industry groups and at least one major environmental group, the Environmental Defense Fund.

The need is urgent, as industry expansion plans will see emissions rise three - or four-fold by 2040, says Annie Petsonk of the Environmental Defense Fund.

Although most of Holtec's business is derived from the electric power generation industry, the organization is fully equipped to render services to industries as diverse as defense, aviation, chemical, or pharmaceutical.

As the principal associate director, Wisoff will continue to be responsible for ensuring the safe operation of NIF as a world - class user facility in support of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Stockpile Stewardship mission; partnering with Laboratory capabilities to establish leadership in Stockpile Stewardship science associated with inertial confinement fusion and high energy density physics; overseeing the development of advanced laser systems, related optical and target systems, control systems and systems engineering capability for research, commercial and government agencies; and maintaining close partnerships with the Department of Energy / NNSA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Missile Defense Agency, Department of Homeland Security, academia and private industrAs the principal associate director, Wisoff will continue to be responsible for ensuring the safe operation of NIF as a world - class user facility in support of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Stockpile Stewardship mission; partnering with Laboratory capabilities to establish leadership in Stockpile Stewardship science associated with inertial confinement fusion and high energy density physics; overseeing the development of advanced laser systems, related optical and target systems, control systems and systems engineering capability for research, commercial and government agencies; and maintaining close partnerships with the Department of Energy / NNSA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Missile Defense Agency, Department of Homeland Security, academia and private industras a world - class user facility in support of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Stockpile Stewardship mission; partnering with Laboratory capabilities to establish leadership in Stockpile Stewardship science associated with inertial confinement fusion and high energy density physics; overseeing the development of advanced laser systems, related optical and target systems, control systems and systems engineering capability for research, commercial and government agencies; and maintaining close partnerships with the Department of Energy / NNSA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Missile Defense Agency, Department of Homeland Security, academia and private industry.

And this doesn't mean there is no room for Final Fantasy in the industry; paradoxically, there is no room for Final Fantasy in the Final Fantasy series as it is intended today, a blockbuster without a precise identity, now a western role playing game with tower defense elements, now an open region game à la Dragon Age.

This year, issues such as sustainable food (In Defense of Food), gender inequality in the tech industry (CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap), and homelessness (Dogtown Redemption) engaged audiences and provided hope and opportunities for positive change.

Industry: Defense & Space Company size: 51 - 200 Level: Manager Focus: Human Resources Experience using the software: More than 1 year as Administrator

Industry: Defense & Space Company size: 1,001 - 5,000 Level: Senior Focus: Education Experience using the software: More than 1 year as User, Administrator, Member of the deployment / customization team, Member of the procurement team

Industry: Defense & Space Company size: 1,001 - 5,000 Level: Director Focus: Education Experience using the software: More than 1 year as Administrator

In addition to his career in the Department of Defense and public education, he has worked in heavy industry, professional business, and as a career Air Force Officer.

HAFB competes for talent with many industries in northern Utah — some working with the Department of Defense, such as Lockheed Martin, Grumman and Orbital ATK.

The most amusing logical error may the use of the software industry's vigorous defense of intellectual property as justification for the «special protection» this group seeks for authors and books.

They see DRM as a defense against piracy, but piracy is a much less immediate threat than a gigantic multinational with revenue of $ 48 Billion in 2011 (more than the entire global publishing industry) that has expressed its intention to «disrupt» them, and whose chief executive said recently «even well - meaning gatekeepers slow innovation» (where «innovation» is code - speak for «opportunities for me to turn a profit»).

In their defense, agents are changing their roles in response to industry change, as well as client demand.

But don't read this as a defense of the industry.

The Industrials sector includes companies that manufacture and distribute capital goods in support of industries such as aerospace and defense, construction and engineering, and electrical equipment and heavy machinery.