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February 12, 2014 By AMK

Defense Department not comfortable if major contractors look to merge

The Defense Department remains skeptical of mergers involving its major contractors, a Pentagon official said on Wednesday, amid industry expectations that defense deal-making could revive this year.

Elana Broitman, whose office at the Defense Department reviews deals that involve national security issues, told an investor conference that “there are far fewer of the large firms, so we’re in a more constrained environment.

“Even though we’re seeing a budget downturn which has corresponded to consolidation in the past, we’d be less comfortable now because of that smaller number,” said Broitman, the acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for manufacturing and industrial base policy.

Defense M&A activity ground to a near halt in recent years amid uncertainty about future U.S. military spending that has kept sellers on edge and buyers more apt to invest in share buybacks and dividend payouts than acquisitions.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/05/us-usa-defense-mergers-idUSBREA1428K20140205

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: competition, DoD, industrial base, M&A, manufacturing, mergers

December 26, 2013 By AMK

Budget deal could cause mergers and acquisitions in Defense sector

A U.S. budget agreement making its way through Congress could set off the most robust series of mergers and acquisitions in the aerospace and defense sectors in years, industry leaders and experts say.

The two-year agreement  is expected to reassure contractors on government spending and unleash pent-up demand for deals, according to analysts.

The budget deal will halve the $52 billion in automatic spending cuts facing the Pentagon in fiscal 2014 and would lower mandatory reductions in projected spending in 2015.

“It gives our customers in the U.S. government further certainty for their budget decisions,” Marillyn Hewson, chief executive of Lockheed Martin Corp, said in an interview with Reuters.

“It does give us more certainty and helps us in our planning process,” she said, noting that the company is always looking for acquisitions to tap new markets or round out existing business areas.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/12/17/business/17reuters-aerospace-mergers-analysis.html?hp&_r=2&&pagewanted=all

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: acquisitions, aerospace, budget, defense contractors, DoD, industrial base, M&A, mergers

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