By James Kitfield and Sydney J. Freedberg, Jr.
These are confusing times for the military industrial complex. Defense spending levels are high, but many experts doubt that a faltering U.S. economy can sustain them. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has criticized the arms-buying bureaucracy for focusing on high-tech weapons for future wars while failing to adequately support the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Meanwhile, chronic cost overruns threaten military modernization.
Recently, National Journal editors and correspondents sat down to talk about these and other issues with Robert Stevens, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin.
Subscribers can read the full interview here.
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Pat Sidor
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