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«We had already adjusted defense spending as a share of GDP upwards to historic levels,» says lead author Sarah Carlson, a Moody's SVP, who adds that Moody's hasn't yet run the numbers on the non-defense cuts.

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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.

As part of the deal, which still needs approval from Congress, Saudi Arabia «expressed its intent» to spend $ 28 billion on defense technologies and programs by Lockheed Martin, which estimated the deal would support 18,000 jobs in the U.S. over 30 years — a figure that falls dramatically below Trump's estimate.

Trump alarmed European capitals during his campaign by deriding NATO as obsolete and demanding that US allies take on a greater share of spending on mutual defense.

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.

Republican Presidents, including Trump, have promised to balance future budgets with gigantic reductions in discretionary spending, a category that includes both outlays for defense, and all other areas that are voted each year (as opposed to entitlements that provide benefits guided by a fixed formula).

«Republicans always wanted to raise spending on defense, Democrats wanted to raise spending on the rest of the discretionary budget across the board, and Republicans supported increased spending on a lot of those line items as well.»

Defense stocks have climbed as Congress inched closer to a spending agreement, with President Donald Trump insistent that any bill includes more funding for the armed forces.

Other defense companies such as Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics — which manufactures everything from tanks to nuclear - powered submarines — have also benefited amid talks of augmented military spend.

Defense stocks have climbed as Congress inched closer to a spending agreement, with Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics outperforming.

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.

Dassey's subsequent defense attorneys spent years arguing that Kachinsky failed to properly defend his client and that Dassey, who had confessed during interrogations, should get a new trial as a result.

The company's share price has climbed steadily over the course of the year, a trend lofted by expectations of increased defense spending under the new administration as well as strong demand for its Pratt & Whitney jet engines and other aerospace parts.

Defense spending aside, transatlantic rifts could also occur should Trump continue to make critical foreign policy decisions without first consulting allies (as in the April 7 air strike against Syria in response to a chemical - weapons attack) or if he presses NATO allies to make stronger military contributions in Syria or Afghanistan.

Protecting major transfers to persons, spending on health and education and other spending such as that for Aboriginal programs, research and development, and assuming you won't revisit defense and international assistance, then to find an additional $ 8 to $ 11 billion by 2015 - 16 would require major cuts in labor market programs, spending on the homeless, infrastructure programs, and last, but certainly not least, government personnel costs.

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.

Among the largest U.S. defense contractors, Northrop Grumman Corp has spent more than $ 12 billion on share repurchases since 2010, even as revenue has declined in each of the past five years.

Even national security could be threatened as a shrinking defense budget has made it more difficult for contractors to justify research spending.

That will be more than we spend each year on defense or Medicaid, and as a share of GDP, it could be the highest in history.

The biggest winners in the military buildup are the country's largest defense contractors, such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics, which spend millions of dollars each year lobbying Congress.

But the more libertarian, limited - government wing of the party generally prioritizes cutting domestic spending over boosting defense spending, and has pushed back against the February deal as allowing profligacy on all fronts.

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The government is having another, less direct impact on defense spending, namely an increase in demand for weaponry and tech as geopolitical tensions rise.

If you are 55 or under and hope to enjoy some of those benefits you have been paying into from your paychecks for the last 30 years, of which the Government has borrowed 5 trillion dollars for other spending such as defense and tax breaks for the rich, which is why the current social security system is in jeopardy, then you will be voting for Obama.

Spend some time on this, because as any home defense expert will tell you, you have to be sure you can pull the trigger on another person, otherwise, bad things could happen if you introduce a gun into the situation.

The U.S. spends as much on defense as the next nations combined.

When military spending by U.S. allies is excluded, the United States is spending nearly twice as much on «defense» as the rest of the world combined.

What conservatives and libertarians are most animated about nowadays is the abuse of public - good authority, particularly as such authority has been misused for a very long time to tax and spend, not generally on public goods like defense but on wealth - transfer programs, such as social security, Medicare and Medicaid, and other entitlements — the kinds of programs, in other words, that have effectively bankrupted Greece, are threatening to bankrupt several other European nations, and are undermining the European Monetary Union.

Given the sad state of our highways, public transportation systems and other material infrastructure, as well as the severe needs of our educational system, increased government spending in these areas could take up the slack in declining defense expenditures while contributing enormously to the potential productivity of the United States.

We feminists are often told «we'll deal with your issue after we've finished dealing with this «bigger» one» (usually something that affects them as white men - see the pay gap issues being shunted aside for defense spending debates, etc).

Vast treasures have been spent by a bankrupt United States on the Strategic Defense Initiative, an adolescent fantasy of total protection that scores of serious scientists have scorned as both dangerous and meretricious.

As for the DoD, would updated weapons systems soften Our Lord's view of Defense spending.

Some folks don't believe in defense spending and war as government - mandated programs either — and in protest have withheld tax money owed to the IRS — and I don't recall them winning their cases.

it seems obvious, theo is gone, he is tough on negotiation and demands and soft on delivering value, i like him, but if we sell and spend i am ok, as for danny, i thought he looked great v new castle, he was constantly stretching the defense, his track back was also great, heart and speed are there, takes a wenger to work on making him clinical, thats what arsene does best, teach.

There is no likelihood that Patterson's British invasion will result in a defense there this June, as seemed likely before the tarnished British champion, Joe Erskine, lost to the European champion, Ingemar Johansson, who doesn't want to fight Patterson until he has spent time in the United States studying how we do it.

They have spent an obscene amount of money as well and boast the tightest defense of the lot.

Melrose, a 36 - year - old former defense - man who spent two seasons as a player with the Maple Leafs, knows how to take care of himself.

I wish Arsenal spent that amount on the their defense too, along with Guardiola as the new manager

GOD knows what wud hav happened if he hadnt inherited george Graham's defense as thats what i hav heard u ppl say.and maybe hes afraid that spending will expose his incompetence... if hes that a genuis that he shows himself to be (he stands on his opinion even when whole world think otherwise); then atleast arsenal twam shud be within some 5 pts of first placed teams for most seasons and hav regularly atleast a quarter final finish.he had shown glimpses of a changed attitude with ozil and Sanchez but i guess am wrong.arsenal first place in January when ozil was bought, ppl asked for striker, but this man showed himself to know more and failed again.a nd last year only club to not buy an outfield player #wow jus wow; like team was picture perfect....

Educated at Dartmouth College and the University of California's Hastings College of Law, Mr. Kopp has spent his entire professional career as a criminal defense attorney.

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.

As you can see in the graph below, leading up to and following the collapse of the Soviet Union defense spending did indeed begin to drop, however the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the following wars in Iraq and Afghanistan reversed the trend.

There is some truth in this argument, although it remains a mystery why it is better to cut social benefits rather than military spending at a time when the United States spend more money on defense than the next 10 military powers — such as China, Russia, France, England, Germany and Japan — combined.

«Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Republicans across the country have embraced Rep. Paul Ryan's radical budget that would end Medicare as we know it while shifting already agreed upon spending cuts to the Defense Department to slashing critical programs like Medicaid, food stamps, Head Start and Pell Grants for college.

I agree with EJ that there is a need for a more portable plan for those that choose not to spend their entire career in government, however, as Brodsky said, that's no reason to wreck the entire system and I don't feel EJ did a very good job of outlining his case — though Brodsky did an even worse job outlining the defense in this case.

Both plans also contain significant reductions in funding for domestic non-entitlement (also known as «discretionary») programs and significant increases in defense spending.

When defense lawyer Daniel Gitner first challenged his $ 600 - a-night Waldorf stay while meeting with prosecutors in 2016 as an example of extravagant spending despite his agreement to pay restitution, Howe first brushed it off, saying he had gotten a «deal» and only paid a couple hundred dollars.

Obama himself recognized as much, proposing a defense - spending hike only 3 percent below Trump's in his final budget.

De Blasio said this in his opening statement, and spent the rest of the night largely on defense as Malliotakis and Dietl took turns attacking the incumbent, who has a huge lead in the polls.

Republican members of Indiana's Congressional Delegation split their votes on the latest budget deal which funds the government for the next two years, lifts the debt ceiling as well as increases spending on defense and domestic programs.