Senior executives in the military electronics business are already giving that topic a lot of thought.
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Hughes Aircraft, the aeroplane design business that grew out of his family company, expanded quickly after the second world war into military electronics.
In a business like military electronics where the boundaries between product categories are not well defined and requirements change quickly, mass and diversity are crucial to survival.
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The Scranton area contains several sizable defense plants making items like high-tech helmets and smart bombs, and the biggest local employer is a nearby Army depot that repairs military electronics.
The Massachusetts-based conglomerate was already a big player in military electronics, but generated much of its revenues from other lines such as Beechcraft business jets, Amana appliances, and academic publishing.
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You can see how hard it must be for the government customer to sort out proficient players from also-rans in the military electronics space by perusing the annual reports of companies.
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The prospect of big declines in military spending has to raise doubts about whether all of the players currently operating in the military electronics space can survive over the long run.
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Last November, he proposed an outside slate of directors to pressure management at ITT Corporation, the White Plains, New York-based conglomerate that includes a sizable military electronics component among its various business lines.
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This week, as millions of Americans race to file their tax returns by the April 15 deadline, five teams in the military electronics business are putting the finishing touches on some more imposing paperwork due to a different federal agency the same day.
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So the outcome of the Next Generation Jammer competition will have a big impact on how the military-electronics segment of the defense industry consolidates.
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The radars and a host of other electronics gear are assembled at an adjacent complex owned by Lockheed Martin, which until recently was also the headquarters of its sprawling military-electronics business unit.
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Bogdan also met with officials from Boeing on his visit to the U.S. Boeing has partnered with WB Electronics of Poland to manufacture military vehicles and equipment.
Mr Lee, a graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is currently serving his military obligation in South Korea at Samsung Electronics, where he is working on TV interfaces.
Policymakers need to think through how electronics is different from other parts of the military-industrial complex, and what combinations might be acceptable to the government customer.
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The technology that makes these military chargers possible will also be introduced in unmanned systems, consumer electronics, automobiles, and a variety of industrial, remote power applications.
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Mr Idrisov says RT also has promising firms in areas such as electronics, optical instruments and metallurgy, many of them doing a mix of military and civilian work.
The company started out manufacturing consumer electronics and pioneered the development of color television in the 1950s, but over time gravitated towards military work as Japan began making inroads into the U.S. consumer market.
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