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DEFENSE WATCH

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, March 18th, 2013

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The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Sequester Stats. The federal budget resolution the Senate Budget Committee approves March 14 proposes ending “sequestration” cuts and giving the Pentagon more funding than under sequestration for all but one year in the next decade--in FY ’23--according to Byron Callan, director of Capital Alpha Partners LLC in Washington. Callan compares “050” defense funding in the Senate plan to currently planned spending with sequestration factored in. The Senate plan calls…

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