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UK Pushes For Closer Partnership With U.S. Defense Firms Amid Budget Crunch

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

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The U.S. and British defense industries must work closely together to develop business opportunities at home and abroad in an environment of tightening military spending, a senior British trade official said this week. "It is only natural that their industries work closely with each other," Richard Paniguian, the head of the Defense & Security Organization of the UK Trade & Investment Organization, said at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) exposition in Washington yesterday. The United States and…

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