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Defense Industry: Trends in DOD Spending, Industrial Productivity, and Competition

PEMD-97-3 Published: Jan 31, 1997. Publicly Released: Jan 31, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed productivity and competition in the defense industrial base since the end of the Cold War, focusing on: (1) overall trends in productivity, competition, and other financial indicators in the defense industry over time, where possible; and (2) the relationship between these trends and indicators of defense spending over time, where possible.

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