The Global Defense Industry

Paper Summary:

This paper presents research, which shows the implications, by the year 2015, for a global defense company if there are cutbacks of more than 20 percent of the U.S. federal budget. The author presents an analysis of current projects to indicate how funding is used towards military sustainment and how projected cuts could affect those projects. The paper demonstrates how the employees of global defense companies, the military and the general population of the United States could be affected. The methodology for this study is content analysis.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Context of the Problem
Statement of the Problem
Research Questions
Significance of the Study
Research Design and Methodology
Organization of the Study
What are the Research and Development (R&D) Options for Companies such as NGC?
Table:Government Contractors in Court
What Options will be Most Beneficial to the Employees and the General Public of the U.S.?
Table: Factors Mitigating the Impacts of Military Base Closures
Table: Recapitulation and Summary of Base Closure Journal Articles and Texts
Table: Recapitulation and Summary of Influences on Defense R&D Journal Articles and Recent Media Reports
Overview of Northrop Grumman
Table: Current R&D Initiatives by Northrop Grumman.
Overview of Boeing
Table: Current R&D Initiatives by Boeing
Overview of Lockheed Martin
Table: Current R&D Initiatives by Lockheed Martin
Potential Research and Development Initiatives
Robotics and Robot Companions for the Elderly
Water Desalination Initiatives
Video Games
Can the U.S. Remain a Superpower and Protect Its People from Terrorism while Reducing Its Military?
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The quantitative aspects of the water supply have been widely studied as to specific regions of the world and it is possible to view these trends on a global level. According to Starr (1996), the next few decades are going to be characterized by conflicts - even wars - over increasingly scarce water resources. This author reports that, "Nature annually contributes in fresh water to the world's continents about ten times the world's water use for all purposes. On average, about 70 percent flows to the sea in seasonal floods."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Accordino, J. J. (2000). Captives of the Cold War economy: The struggle for defense conversion in American communities. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.
• Boeing company profile. (2008). Yahoo! Finance. [Online]. Available: http://finance.yahoo. com/q?s=BA.
• Boeing Form 10-K (annual report). (2007, December 31). Yahoo! Finance. [Online]. Available: http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/fetchFilingFrameset.aspx?dcn=0001193125-08- 032328&Type=HTML.
• Boulard, G. (2007, February). The battle against base closures: State lawmakers were prepared to fight the most recent round of recommended closings of military bases. State Legislatures, 33(2), 20.
• Bradshaw, T. K. (1999). Communities not fazed; why military base closures may not be catastrophic. Journal of the American Planning Association, 65(2), 193.

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